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interoperability
/ˌɪn.tər.ˌɒp.ər.əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/ - n.
1. Term struck pending the shared definitions, contracts, and identifiers two systems must agree on before they can be said to operate together at all.
Struck
Seen in the wild · 3
- Brussels Made You Share the Data. It Did Not Make You Define ItOwner Missing
- It Took 31 Vendors To Agree On What Revenue MeansDefinition Drift
- The table format went open. The lock-in just moved upstairs to the catalog.Platform Tunnel Vision
See also
- data contractA promise with a schema, signed by no one with the authority to keep it.
- data fabricThe word chosen because every other textile was taken.
- federationThe word for centralization once the central team admits it cannot make anyone do anything.
- semantic layerThe place where the company agreed what 'revenue' means, except for the four teams that didn't get the invite.