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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McComb, Dave.

Series:

Savvy manager's guides.

The savvy manager's guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Semantics.

Semantic Web.

Management information systems.

Industrial management--Data processing.

Industrial management.

System design.

Information technology--Management.

Information technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (425 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, Calif. : Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, c2004.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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- base

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

ISBN:

9786611015060

9781281015068

1281015067

9780080498126

0080498124

OCLC:

166881337