Bernard Archimède, ENIT (Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tarbes), France. Bruno Vallespir, University of Bordeaux, France.

• Foreword ixGérald SANTUCCIIntroduction xvBernard ARCHIMÈDE, Jean-Paul BOURRIÈRES, Guy DOUMEINGTS and Bruno VALLESPIRChapter 1 Framework for Enterprise Interoperability 1David CHEN1.1 Introduction 11.2 Enterprise interoperability concepts 21.2.1 Interoperability barriers 21.2.2 Interoperability concerns 41.2.3 Interoperability approaches 71.3 Framework for Enterprise Interoperability 101.3.1 Problem space versus solution space 101.3.2 The two basic dimensions 101.3.3 The third dimension 111.3.4 Complementary dimensions 131.4 Conclusion and prospects 161.5 Bibliography 17Chapter 2 Networked Companies and a Typology of Collaborations 19Séverine BLANC SERRIER, Yves DUCQ and Bruno VALLESPIR2.1 Introduction 192.2 Various types of collaboration between companies 192.2.1 Strategic alliances 202.2.2 Integrated logistics management 212.2.3 Network enterprise 232.2.4 Virtual organizations and clusters 302.2.5 Virtual communities 352.3 Classification of the various types of collaboration and interoperability 372.3.1 Long-term strategic collaboration 372.4 Conclusion 402.5 Bibliography 40Chapter 3 Designing Natively Interoperable Complex Systems: An Interface Design Pattern Proposal 43Vincent CHAPURLAT and Nicolas DACLIN3.1 Introduction 433.2 Work program: context, problematic, hypothesis and expected contributions 453.3 Concepts 473.4 Interface design pattern model 553.5 Conclusion and further work 603.6 Appendix 623.7 Bibliography 63Chapter 4 Software Development and Interoperability: A Metric-based Approach 67Mamadou Samba CAMARA, Rémy DUPAS and Yves DUCQ4.1 Introduction 674.2 Literature review 684.2.1 Literature of software requirements’ verification and validation 684.2.2 System state evolution 684.2.3 Interoperability literature review 694.2.4 The method for the validation and verification of interoperability requirements 704.2.5 Calculation of business process performance indicators from event logs 744.2.6 Event logs 754.3 Metric-based approach for software development and interoperability 784.3.1 Data collection framework for the validation and verification of interoperability requirements 784.3.2 Evaluation and improvement of available data 804.4 Application 814.4.1 Example 1 814.4.2 Example 2 824.5 Conclusion 824.6 Bibliography 82Chapter 5 Decisional Interoperability 87Nicolas DACLIN, David CHEN and Bruno VALLESPIR5.1 Introduction 875.2 Decision-making 885.2.1 Definition 885.2.2 Decision-making in the GRAI model 905.2.3 Formal characterization of decision-making in the GRAI model 925.3 Decisional interoperability 955.3.1 Basic concepts 975.3.2 Design principles for decisional interoperability 985.3.3 Formal characterization of decisional interoperability 1005.4 Conclusion 1045.5 Bibliography 104Chapter 6 The Interoperability Measurement 107Nicolas DACLIN, David CHEN and Bruno VALLESPIR6.1 Introduction 1076.2 Models for evaluation of interoperability 1096.3 Interoperability measurement 1116.3.1 The potentiality measurement 1116.3.2 Interoperability degree measurement 1136.3.3 Performance measurement 1166.4 Taking it further 1256.5 Conclusion and prospects 1266.6 Bibliography 127Chapter 7 Interoperability and Supply Chain Management 131Matthieu LAURAS, Sébastien TRUPTIL, Aurélie CHARLES, Yacine OUZROUT and Jacques LAMOTHE7.1 Introduction 1317.2 Supply chains interoperability needs 1337.3 Various types of supply chain interoperability 1347.4 The main logistic Information Systems to support interoperability 1387.5 Main architectures to support logistic interoperability 1437.6 SaaS applications revolutionize logistic interoperability 1457.7 Conclusion 1497.8 Bibliography 149Chapter 8 Organizational Interoperability Between Public and Private Actors in an Extended Administration 151Yacine BOUALLOUCHE, Raphaël CHENOUARD, Catherine DA CUNHA and Alain BERNARD8.1 Introduction 1518.2 Public–private network 1528.3 Inter-organizational interoperability 1548.4 Management framework for extended administration 1578.5 Application to the “public clothing” function 1598.6 Conclusion 1618.7 Acknowledgments 1618.8 Bibliography 162Chapter 9 An Inventory of Interoperability in Healthcare Ecosystems: Characterization and Challenges 167Elyes LAMINE, Wided GUÉDRIA, Ariadna RIUS SOLER, Jordi AYZA GRAELLS, Franck FONTANILI, Léonard JANER-GARCÍA and Hervé PINGAUD9.1 Introduction 1679.2 eHealth interoperability 1709.3 Levels of interoperability in eHealth ecosystems 1749.3.1 Technical interoperability 1759.3.2 Semantic interoperability 1779.3.3 Organizational interoperability 1809.4 Survey of interoperability frameworks 1849.4.1 eHealth European Interoperability Framework (eHeath EIF) 1859.4.2 Health Information Systems Interoperability Framework (HIS-IF) 1869.4.3 eHealth Interoperability Framework (eHealth IF) 1879.4.4 Personal Health Systems framework 1889.5 Discussion 1909.5.1 Interoperability levels 1929.5.2 Interoperability concerns 1929.5.3 Interoperability approaches 1939.5.4 Discussion 1939.6 Conclusion and future work 1949.7 Bibliography 1959.8 Glossary 198List of Authors 199Index 203