Enterprise Interoperability

Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- I.1. Initializing enterprise interoperability research by EU-funded projects -- I.1.1. IDEAS -- I.1.2. INTEROP-NoE -- I.1.3. ATHENA - IP -- I.1.4. I-ESA conference -- I.2. Consolidation and deployment of enterprise interoperability research: INTEROP-VLab Aisbl -- I.2.1. INTEROP-VLab Aisbl -- I.2.2. INTEROP-VLab GSO pole -- I.3. Framework and definition of enterprise interoperability -- I.4. Presentation of the book -- I.4.1. Chapters -- I.4.2. Interpretative framework -- I.5. Bibliography -- 1. Framework for Enterprise Interoperability -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Enterprise interoperability concepts -- 1.2.1. Interoperability barriers -- 1.2.2. Interoperability concerns -- 1.2.3. Interoperability approaches -- 1.3. Framework for Enterprise Interoperability -- 1.3.1. Problem space versus solution space -- 1.3.2. The two basic dimensions -- 1.3.3. The third dimension -- 1.3.4. Complementary dimensions -- 1.4. Conclusion and prospects -- 1.5. Bibliography -- 2. Networked Companies and a Typology of Collaborations -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Various types of collaboration between companies -- 2.2.1. Strategic alliances -- 2.2.2. Integrated logistics management -- 2.2.3. Network enterprise -- 2.2.4. Virtual organizations and clusters -- 2.2.5. Virtual communities -- 2.3. Classification of the various types of collaboration and interoperability -- 2.3.1. Long-term strategic collaboration -- 2.4. Conclusion -- 2.5. Bibliography -- 3. Designing Natively Interoperable Complex Systems: An Interface Design Pattern Proposal -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Work program: context, problematic, hypothesis and expected contributions -- 3.3. Concepts -- 3.4. Interface design pattern model -- 3.5. Conclusion and further work -- 3.6. Appendix -- 3.7. Bibliography