Model-driven eGovernment interoperability: A review of the state of the art

Computer Standards and Interfaces

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 613-628

  Peristeras, Vassilios ^a   Tarabanis, Konstantinos ^a,b   Goudos, Sotirios K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^b INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Data modelling; Domain modelling; eGovernment interoperability; Ontologies; Process modelling; Semantic web

Indexed keywords

COMMON MODELS; DATA MODELLING; DOMAIN MODELLING; EGOVERNMENT INTEROPERABILITY; MODEL-DRIVEN; PROCESS MODELLING; RESEARCH FIELDS; STATE-OF-THE ARTS;

INFORMATION THEORY; INTEROPERABILITY; ONTOLOGY; SEMANTICS;

SEMANTIC WEB;

EID: 64549163673     PISSN: 09205489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csi.2008.09.034     Document Type: Review

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