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Semantics in Business Systems: The Savvy Managers Guide (The Savvy Managers Guides)
Semantics in Business Systems: The Savvy Managers Guide (The Savvy Managers Guides)
ISBN: 1558609172
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 184
Authors:
Dave McComb
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Table of Contents
BackCover
Semantics in Business Systems - The Savvy Manager s Guide
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1: Semantics - A Trillion-Dollar Cottage Industry
The Semantic Era of Information Systems
The Plan of this Book
A Brief History of Semantics
Putting Semantics in its Place
A Semantic Solution to a Semantic Problem
Chapter 2: Business Semantics
Naming Things Creates the Chance for Misunderstanding
The Semantics of the Past Are about Categorization
The Semantics of the Future Are about Commitment
Summary
Chapter 3: The Process Side of Business Systems
A Business System Deals with Humans and Applications
Some Applications Are More Semantic than Others
The System Is Made Up of Processes
The Flexibility of the Process Is a Semantic Property
Summary on the Process Side of Business Systems
Chapter 4: Terms - Vocabulary, Taxonomy, and Ontology
The Range of Possible Terms and Meanings Is Vast
Definitions Are Not Enough
Taxonomies: Ordering a Vocabulary
Ontology: A Web of Meaning
How Categorization Informs Us
Dynamic Categorization
Summary
Chapter 5: Data and Object Modeling
Where Are the Semantics in a Database Application?
Clues to Understanding the Meaning in Programs
Multiple Accessors Multiple Semantic Interpretations
How Was the Schema Defined?
Object Modeling: Data Models with Behavior
Summary
Chapter 6: Metadata
A Brief History of Metadata
Levels and Types of Metadata
Most Semantics Live in Metadata
Some Developments in the Use of Metadata-Driven Architectures
A Case Study on Metadata Application Design
Metadata-Driven Systems Are More Flexible
Summary
Chapter 7: Interpreting Meaning
Interpretation: Clues from How Humans Interpret Unstructured Information
Interpreting a Foreign Language
Why Interpret Documents?
Some Current Approaches to Document Interpretation
Natural Language Processing
Projects and Products that Embody Some Aspects of Interpretation
Summary
Chapter 8: Business Rules and Creating Meaning
Business Systems as Semantic Factories
How Applications Create Meaning
Interpretation versus Imposition of Meaning
How Business Rules Improve Systems Maintenance
Semantics and Business Rules
How Semantics and Business Rules Amplify Each Other
Constraint Rules
Generative Rules
Triggering the Execution of Rules
Business Rules and Scope
Summary
Chapter 9: Semantic Elicitation - Uncovering Meaning
Semantic Elicitation - Where to Look
Semantic Elicitation and the Development Process - When to Analyze
Variations for Package Implementation
Variations for Iterative Development
Semantic Elicitation Techniques - How to Uncover the Meaning
Anthropology - Part 1: Organizing Semantic Modeling Meetings
Anthropology - Part 2: Conducting the Meeting
Archaeology - Part 1: Data Mining
Archaeology - Part 2: Metadata and Legacy Understanding
Anthropology - Part 3: Uncovering the Semantics in Work Flow
Semantic Scope
Summary
Chapter 10: Understanding and Communicating Meaning
Capturing the Semantics
Tools and Approaches for Cataloging the Semantics
Graphically Oriented Approaches
Unified Modeling Language
Formal Methods and Semantics
Conclusion
Chapter 11: Extensible Markup Language (XML)
What Is XML?
Where XML Came From
XML s Popularity
The Stability of XML
Syntax and Semantics
Schemas and Namespaces
XML s Many Dependents
Adding Behavior to XML
Summary
Chapter 12: Semantic-Based Enterprise Application Integration and Systems Integration
Integration Is Harder than It Looks
Strategies for Coping with Integration
Issues with Internal Integration
The Semantics of Integration between Enterprises
Why the Implementation Level Makes Things So Much Harder
Enterprise Message Model
Semantic Brokers
Summary
Chapter 13: Web Services
Web Services: Definition and Implications
Web Services Mechanics
Service-Oriented Architectures
Composite Applications
Finding a Service
Work Flow and Collaboration
Service Contracts
Web Service Management
Voting
Conclusion
Chapter 14: The Semantic Web
Killer Apps for the Semantic Web
What Is the Semantic Web?
A Brief Example
Semantic Web Adoption
Everyone Doesn t Have to Agree to the Same ber-Ontology
A More Elaborate Example
What Else Is Needed
Summary
Chapter 15: Getting Started
Build Skills
Experiment
Rethink Everything that Is in Flight
Concluding Thoughts
Appendix A: Quick Reference
Business Process
Ontology
Metadata
Data Modeling
Integration and Enterprise Application Integration
Business Rules
Extensible Markup Language
Web Services
Semantic Web
Appendix B: Resources for Further Investigation
Semantics
Linguistics
Prototype and Category Theory
Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Management
Business Rules
Semantic and Conceptual Modeling
Application and Technical Architecture Issues
Enterprise Application Integration and B2B
Ontologies
Specific Domains as Examples
Web Services
XML
The Semantic Web
Glossary
Index
Index_B
Index_C
Index_D
Index_E
Index_F
Index_G
Index_H
Index_I
Index_J
Index_K
Index_L
Index_M
Index_N
Index_O
Index_P
Index_Q
Index_R
Index_S
Index_T
Index_U
Index_V
Index_W
Index_X
Index_Y
Index_Z
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Sidebars
Semantics in Business Systems: The Savvy Managers Guide (The Savvy Managers Guides)
ISBN: 1558609172
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 184
Authors:
Dave McComb
BUY ON AMAZON
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