Defining and Providing Pragmatic Interoperability: The MIDAS Middleware Case

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Modern information systems are becoming increasingly complex due to the need to combine heterogeneous software. A common understanding of interoperability issues is not a trivial task since complex systems may contain many independent software components. This work presents a Conceptual frAmework for Pragmatic InTeroperAbiLity (CAPITAL) to enhance a pragmatic interoperability unified definition. We evaluate our framework through a modeling and coding guide, a controlled experiment, and applying CAPITAL in the Cloud Computing domain. Results suggest that CAPITAL positively influences the understanding, modeling, and codification of pragmatic interoperability solutions, facilitating pragmatic interoperability standardization opportunities.

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Publicado
07/06/2021
RIBEIRO, Elivaldo Lozer Fracalossi; CLARO, Daniela Barreiro; MACIEL, Rita Suzana Pitangueira. Defining and Providing Pragmatic Interoperability: The MIDAS Middleware Case. In: CONCURSO DE TESES E DISSERTAÇÕES EM SISTEMAS DE INFORMAÇÃO - SIMPÓSIO BRASILEIRO DE SISTEMAS DE INFORMAÇÃO (SBSI), 17. , 2021, On-line. Anais [...]. Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, 2021 . p. 122-137. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbsi.2021.15367.