Interoperability by Design - Part I (Connecting People, Connecting Data and Connecting Diverse Systems)

posted by  hjwin (10)  12 months ago (blogs.msdn.com)

I have been talking about Interoperability last few months and have to say in summary - for 4 people I have met, I have discovered 5 different definitions and views about Interoperability. So pause for a moment if SOA and Web 2.0 have multiple definitions and views, time to add Interoperability to the mix of often less understood, over communicated and misrepresented words.

I thought of looking at the issue of interoperability from a variety of perspectives. But first why should we care about interoperability—and why.

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