Adaptive Information: Improving Business Through Semantic Interoperability, Grid Computing, and Enterprise Integration

by Jeffrey T. Pollock, Ralph Hodgson

New Paradigm for considering application integration and B2B problems Heightens the importance of conveying meaning between systems Addresses movement in the EAI space toward more data handling capabilities Offers a solution for the multitude of managers disconnected with the latest technologies Leverages the technical advances made in complex data integration over 15 years Shifts the focus from technology solutions to information solutions Relies heavily on the use of practical examples, tips, definitions, and soapbox excerpts throughout the main body of text

440 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Paul · Rating 5 out of 5]

The title is a little misleading, but this book is all about semantic technologies and semantic interoperability. Pollock and Hodgson provide one of the best overviews of the vision of semantic interoperability that I have read. The book contains a mixture of theory, architecture patterns, and capability cases. They are careful to identify the goals of semantic interoperability as a subset of the goals relating to the semantic web movement, which I think is critical for avoiding the hype of the “semantic web.” The only downside is that the specific references to some of the standards is a little dated. Anyone interested in understanding how the new wave of semantic technologies will add value to your business should check this out.

Also, Hodgson is one of the co-founders of TopQuadrant, one of the leading companies in the semantic space.

[Paul Brandt · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm very glad I have found this book, and a pity I didn't noticed it any earlier (it's from 2004). Issues that I always had about interoperability and semantics now at least have been confirmed. The book itself provides for a good foundation in this matter and I'm confident the overall conceptual framework holds as model to think and work from still. Regarding its contents I really cannot say much more that already has been addressed by Mohamed Taher in his review about this book in Information Resource Management Journal, 20(1), 81-84, January-March 2007 (http://64.225.152.8/files/bookReviews...).