Ontology-based Application Integration

__Ontology-based Application Integration__ introduces UI-level (User Interface Level) application integration and discusses current problems which can be remedied by using ontologies. It shows a novel approach for applying ontologies in system integration. While ontologies have been used for integration of IT systems on the database and on the business logic layer, integration on the user interface layer is a novel field of research. This book also discusses how end users, not only developers, can benefit from semantic technologies. __Ontology-based Application Integration__ presents the development of a software framework including a detailed ontology about user interfaces and interactions. This includes a running case study of a real world integrated emergency management system. The last section of this book discusses useful features that can be built on top of the framework for improving the user experience with future integrated information systems. __Ontology-based Application Integration__ is designed as a reference book for practitioners and researchers who understand and work with the principles of applying semantic web technologies to a software engineering problem. This book will also make an excellent reference or secondary text book for advanced-level students concentrating on computer science. Front Matter....Pages i-xv Introduction....Pages 1-6 Front Matter....Pages 7-7 Application Integration on the User Interface Level....Pages 9-25 Ontology-based System Integration....Pages 27-59 Ontologies in User Interface Development....Pages 61-75 Front Matter....Pages 77-77 A Framework for User Interface Integration....Pages 79-117 An Ontology of User Interfaces and Interactions....Pages 119-150 Data Object Exchange....Pages 151-175 Efficient Semantic Event Processing....Pages 177-194 Crossing Technological Borders....Pages 195-206 Front Matter....Pages 207-207 Improving Information Exploration....Pages 209-218 Towards End-user User Interface Integration....Pages 219-226 Conclusion and Outlook....Pages 227-234 Back Matter....Pages 235-270