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Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991003249329707536

Autore

McComb, Dave

Titolo

Semantics in business systems [electronic resource] : the savvy manager's guide : the discipline underlying web services, business rules, and the Semantic Web / Dave McComb

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, Calif. : Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, c2004

ISBN

9781558609174

1558609172

Descrizione fisica

xxii, 399 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Collana

The savvy manager's guides

Disciplina

658/.05

Soggetti

Semantics

Semantic Web

Management information systems

Industrial management - Data processing

System design

Information technology - Management

Sémantique - Informatique

Systèmes d'information de gestion

Gestion - Informatique

Systèmes, Conception de

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Risorsa elettronica

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-332) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction. Semantics in Business - a Description. Semantics in Business Systems. Databases, Data Modeling and Semantics. Metadata and Semantics. Interpreting Meaning. Business Rules and Making Meaning. Uncovering Meaning - Methodologies. Understanding Meaning - Visualization Techniques. XML and Semantics. Semantic Based EAI and SI. The Semantic Web. Web Services and Semantics. Getting Started. Appendices.

Sommario/riassunto

Semantics in Business Systems begins with a description of what semantics are and how they affect business systems. It examines four main aspects of the application of semantics to systems, specifically:



How do we infer meaning from unstructured information, how do application systems make meaning as they operate, how do practitioners uncover meaning in business settings, and how do we understand and communicate what we have deduced? This book illustrates how this applies to the future of application system development, especially how it informs and affects Web services and business rule- based approaches, and how semantics will play out with XML and the semantic Web. The book also contains a quick reference guide to related terms and technologies. It is part of Morgan Kaufmann's series of Savvy Manager's Guides. * Presents an easy and enjoyable introduction to semantics in the context of business IT systems. * Articulates the business value of semantics, while providing relevant introductory technical background. * Describes the semantic underpinnings of data modeling, business rules, enterprise integration, and Web services. * Contains a handy quick-reference guide to technologies and terminology. * For more information, links, and discussions, go to www.savvymanagers.com.