An Empirical Investigation of GIS Interoperability Best Practices In Industry
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2018
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Abstract
Reuse of patterns is a self-evident approach for managing interoperability concerns.
Although patterns for resolving interoperability barriers exist in the literature, no study exists
on adoption of interoperability patterns by Geographic Information Systems (GIS) practitioners in
industry. Thus there is limited understanding of pattern re-usability, yet the advantages offered by
interoperability patterns provide a reasonably sound justification for their usage. This paper examines
the adoption of proven interoperability best practices in the GIS industry. An empirical study that
involved the use of semi-structured interviews was employed to gather data from GIS developers on
domain interoperability best practices. Results indicated that industry and communities of practice
have been converging on the technical level to ensure interoperability of GIS concerns. Semantic
interoperability and related patterns are least understood, yet semantic barriers still exist. This
is partly due to the complexity associated with the top-down approach used to develop semantic
interoperability solutions. Therefore, this study proposes research into resolving barriers in the
adoption of interoperability patterns that reduce complexity while solving semantic interoperability
barriers.
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Re-usability, Patterns, Interoperability, Geographic Information Systems
Citation
Mazimwe, A., Hammouda, I., & Gidudu, A. (2018). An Empirical Investigation of GIS Interoperability Best Practices In Industry. doi:10.20944/preprints201808.0320.v1