TOWARDS SEMANTIC INTEROPERABILITY FOR ENTERPRISE INFORMATION SYSTEMS

In the context of globalization, data and knowledge management, and given the need to deliver a quick response to changes in market forces, enterprises have to collaborate using information technologies to succeed in a disparate and dynamical business environment. Enterprise interoperability (EI) is a field of study that aims to improve this collaboration. Moreover, EI addresses problems related to the lack of system interoperability in organizations. In this paper, we focus on approaches which deliver semantic interoperability among enterprise information systems. We conclude by identifying the main drawbacks of such approaches to be adopted by world-wide industry and stating a future direction to solve these limits.