Conceptualizing semantic interoperability: A perspective from the knowledge level

International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 367-393

  Lee, Jacob L ^a   Madnick, Stuart E ^b   Siegel, Michael D ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Context; Databases; Integration; Ontology; Semantic interoperability

Indexed keywords

EID: 26644434149     PISSN: 02188430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218843096000142     Document Type: Article

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