The Role of Terminology Databases in Inter-operability  

Inter-operability is defined as the ability of two or more systems or components to exchange information and to use the information that has been exchanged (source: IEEE Standard Computer Dictionary). Achieving inter-operability of computer-systems and software can consume a significant fraction of the Information Technology budgets of large corporations, so it is an important problem.

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