Adaptive Information Improving Business Through Semantic Interoperability, Grid Computing, and Enterprise Integration

Chapter 9. Infrastructure and E-Business Patterns

KEY TAKEAWAY

• Infrastructure patterns describe how semantic architectures are deployed.

• Infrastructure patterns should be applied in context of business model schematics.

• Adaptive infrastructures derive from newly emerging technology configurations.

• Four basic rationales exist for why to deploy semantic architectures: monitor policies, generate code, mediate conflict, and govern complex systems.

Semantic interoperability infrastructure should be a crucial topic of discussion for business people today. Unlike the Semantic Web architecture, semantic interoperability is focused on providing a technology infrastructure for enterprises—not the Internet as a whole. The next generation of technology infrastructures for business will have built-in adaptability. They will provide a dynamic foundation on which enterprise applications can be deployed and reused in many environments. This foundation will enable business information to flow seamlessly among applications regardless of its origin and destination. This foundation will also enable technologists to configure new services and transactions in real time—without having to code and recode interfaces again and again.

This kind of vision is not as far-fetched as some would believe. This chapter will start with a description and comparison of some semantic interoperability patterns. These patterns will focus on how emerging semantic technologies can be positioned in the enterprise environment and ...