A core component-based modelling approach for achieving e-Business semantics interoperability

Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1-16

  Janner, Till ^a   Lampathaki, Fenareti ^b   Hoyer, Volker ^a   Mouzakitis, Spiros ^b   Charalabidis, Yannis ^b   Schroth, Christoph ^a  

^a SAP RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

CCTS; Data modelling methodology; e Business; e Government; Interoperability; UBL; UN CEFACT

Indexed keywords

EID: 60149105683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 07181876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/s0718-18762008000200002     Document Type: Article

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