Semantic Data Integration

• Tools to paper over the differences of complex, independently developed databases and apps

• Goal is flexibility - regulations, mergers, competition, time to market, cost reduction, package acquisition

• Data warehouses help

• So do SQL data integration products

• Application evolution, migration, replacement

  • Mostly a meta-data problem
  • Needs a semantically richer model than SQL or XML

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