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
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 184
Pages: 184
Authors: Dave McComb
- 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
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 184
Pages: 184
Authors: Dave McComb