Semantics in business systems the savvy manager's guide : the discipline underlying web services, business rules, and the Semantic Web
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 a...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Francisco, Calif. :
Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
c2004.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
| Colección: | Savvy manager's guides.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627193606719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Semantics in Business Systems; Copyright Page; Contents; 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; Widespread Abuse of Language; 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
- Semantics in Business SystemsA Business Systems 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
- Semantic Differences between a Database and a DocumentWhere 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 InformationInterpreting 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 RulesGenerative 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
