But before the full potential of interoperability can be leveraged, the various faces of this concept need to be clearly understood, prioritized and then introduced.
Finally, we conclude with a summary of our experience exploring the potential for interoperability between data and modeling systems, and suggest ways in which future development can better facilitate connections between the various subsystems needed within an integrated environmental modeling system.
As we shall demonstrate later in this article, the greater the potential for interoperability, the more use will be made of the information.
Different tools being deployed in France allow us to consider the potential of these regional platforms for epidemiology and public health (implementation of a national health identification number and a national information system interoperability framework).
Despite the potential interoperability advantages of such IS, physicians do not always immediately consult electronic health information, and this decision may result in decreased level of quality of care as well as unnecessary costs.
Metadata offers the potential for true interoperability between systems on two levels: syntactic interoperability, which concerns itself with the ability to exchange information; and semantic interoperability, which is the ability to understand and use the information once it is received.
Semantic web ontologies have already been recognised (for instance by Emile-Geay and Eshleman [56]) as potential enablers of interoperability for paleoclimate data.
One layer is concerned with the syntactic component of interoperability, while the remaining three layers are concerned with the semantic part of interoperability.
GPs understand the importance of interoperability in a way that hospital doctors or administrators do not.
"The largest challenge is the concept of interoperability," Mr. Lagos said.
