Model for Trans-sector Digital Interoperability
conference paper
Interoperability refers to the ability of two or more systems or components to
exchange information and to use the information that has been exchanged. The importance
of interoperability has grown together with the adoption of Digital Information Networks
(DINs). DINs refer to information networks supported by telecommunication infrastructures
and terminated by microprocessors. With an upcoming interest in services science and transsector
business models, a stronger driver arises to further break the interoperability barriers
across sectors. In this paper, we propose a novel model to address trans-sector digital
interoperability, which by definition involves interoperability across different economic
sectors connected by DINs. Particularly, we specify how a well known interoperability
framework, the ATHENA framework, should be adapted for the economic sector plane.
Based on data from the Eurostat survey on ICT usage and e-Commerce in enterprises, we
illustrate how conclusions about trans-sector interoperability can be extracted and
technological implications can be derived.
exchange information and to use the information that has been exchanged. The importance
of interoperability has grown together with the adoption of Digital Information Networks
(DINs). DINs refer to information networks supported by telecommunication infrastructures
and terminated by microprocessors. With an upcoming interest in services science and transsector
business models, a stronger driver arises to further break the interoperability barriers
across sectors. In this paper, we propose a novel model to address trans-sector digital
interoperability, which by definition involves interoperability across different economic
sectors connected by DINs. Particularly, we specify how a well known interoperability
framework, the ATHENA framework, should be adapted for the economic sector plane.
Based on data from the Eurostat survey on ICT usage and e-Commerce in enterprises, we
illustrate how conclusions about trans-sector interoperability can be extracted and
technological implications can be derived.
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428883
Source title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Interoperability for Enterprise Software and Applications - IESA 2010, 14-15 April 2010, Coventry, UK
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