The Role of Content and Context in Enterprise Repositories

Knut Hinkelmann, Emanuela Merelli, Barbara Thönssen

2010

Abstract

In this paper we show how to utilize enterprise architectures to model relations between information sources of an enterprise. With our approach the enterprise architecture models are not passive entities anymore but can be operationalized to identify dependencies between the various models and to integrate information sources. It thus is the basis for agile enterprises. We show that the elements of an enterprise architecture and the referenced data can take the role of both context and content depending on the objectives of their use. We present two independent approaches for modeling an enterprise ontology.

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Hinkelmann K., Merelli E. and Thönssen B. (2010). The Role of Content and Context in Enterprise Repositories . In Proceedings of the International Joint Workshop on Technologies for Context-Aware Business Process Management, Advanced Enterprise Architecture and Repositories and Recent Trends in SOA Based Information Systems - Volume 1: AER, (ICEIS 2010) ISBN 978-989-8425-09-6, pages 30-41. DOI: 10.5220/0003028200300041


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@conference{aer10,
author={Knut Hinkelmann and Emanuela Merelli and Barbara Thönssen},
title={The Role of Content and Context in Enterprise Repositories},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Joint Workshop on Technologies for Context-Aware Business Process Management, Advanced Enterprise Architecture and Repositories and Recent Trends in SOA Based Information Systems - Volume 1: AER, (ICEIS 2010)},
year={2010},
pages={30-41},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003028200300041},
isbn={978-989-8425-09-6},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Joint Workshop on Technologies for Context-Aware Business Process Management, Advanced Enterprise Architecture and Repositories and Recent Trends in SOA Based Information Systems - Volume 1: AER, (ICEIS 2010)
TI - The Role of Content and Context in Enterprise Repositories
SN - 978-989-8425-09-6
AU - Hinkelmann K.
AU - Merelli E.
AU - Thönssen B.
PY - 2010
SP - 30
EP - 41
DO - 10.5220/0003028200300041