The INTEROP V-Lab (''International Virtual Laboratory for Enterprise Interoperability'') is a network of organizations, which links scientists, research centers, representatives of industry, and small and medium-sized enterprises. The members come from several European countries as well as China and represent 250 scientists and 70 organizations. INTEROP-VLab was founded in 2007 and is the continuation of the INTEROP Network of Excellence (Interoperability research for networked enterprise applications and software), a research initiative of the European Union founded early 2000s, which developed the Model Driven Interoperability#MDI Framework (INTEROP NoE), Model Driven Interoperability (MDI) Framework. In 2012 Guy Doumeingts was appointed general manager of INTEROP-VLab.

Overview

INTEROP-VLab is an initiative that is working within the context of interoperability, in particular the so-called Enterprise Interoperability (EI). It aims to link together in a network researchers and research institutions and industry representatives, engaged in developing approaches and integrative solutions to connect heterogeneous industrial systems, public administrations or organizations. The basic objective of INTEROP-VLab is the defragmentation of the European research and scientific landscape and support the cooperation of other regions of the world: * through support of research, teaching and innovation in the field of Enterprise Interoperability * through the work of a center of excellence in the field of Enterprise Interoperability world

Activities

The activities of INTEROP-VLab consist of research, teaching and training services and standardization consultancy. The independent research within INTEROP-VLabs is based on the following three key components: * Information and communication technology as a technological foundation of interoperable systems * Modeling of processes, organizations and organizational units to develop and implement appropriate structures for interoperable companies and public organizations * The development and specification of ontologies to ensure semantic consistency within organizations affiliated with the following priorities: ** Theoretical groundwork ** Investigation and development of key technologies ** Development of exemplary applications Within INTEROP-VLab developed solutions include: * IV kmap (INTEROP-VLab Knowledge Map ), a competence management system within the EI range that is based on an ontology-based search engine and allows to find relevant documents and content relating to a particular knowledge domain. * The IV e-learning platform, with 50 web-courses and seminars in the field of EI, modeling, ontologies offers and Architecture & Platforms

Members

The members of the INTEROP-VLab are organize in poles of geographic regions within a State or group of States. Activities of each organization are coordinated at European level. The members of the INTEROP-VLab are: * INTEROP-VLab poles France Grand Sud-Ouest (PGSO) * DFI (German Forum for interoperability eV)Kai Mertins, Rainer Ruggaber, Keith Popplewell, Xiaofei Xu. ''Enterprise Interoperability III: New Challenges and Industrial Approaches.'' Springer Science & Business Media, 1 apr. 2008. p. 519 * INTEROP-VLab UK Pole * INTEROP-VLab China Pole * INTEROP-VLab INTERVAL Pole * INTEROP-VLab Portuguese poles (INTEROP-ptrp) * INTEROP-VLab.IT * INTEROP North Pole

References

External links

INTEROP-VLab Website
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