Table 1 the evidence and analysis for semantic

Table 1. The evidence and analysis for semantic interoperability.
l Technical interoperability
Technical interoperability refers to that two or more ICT systems, or applications can
appropriately provide data communication standards, exchange data and perform a given task
without additional operator intervention (Ec.europa.eu, 2012).
For this kind of interoperability issues, the Chief Information Officer Branch (CIOB)
considered:
Evidence 1. “SOA is a standardization of their interfaces.”
2. “The initial set of standards will cover key areas such as registering new
services, how to discover reusable services, service mediation, service
negotiation and other interoperability issues.”
3. “Departments are therefore asked to keep these principles in mind when
planning, defining, implementing or changing business services or any of their
supporting processes or technical components.”
Analysis The pieces of evidence demonstrate that CIOB has developed standards to
guarantee interoperability of services. However, the case does not contain
specific interfaces and protocols for information and service transmission.
Table 2. The evidence and analysis for technical interoperability.

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l Organisational interoperability
Organisational interoperability refers to that makes information easy to identify and available
to facilitate collaboration between different organisations to achieve their mutually agreed
goals. Organisations require to reach detailed agreements on the collaboration and
synchronisation of their business processes to provide integrated services based on demands
(Kubicek & Cimander, 2009).
For this kind of interoperability issues, the Chief Information Officer Branch (CIOB)
considered:
Evidence
1. By broadening the scope of SOA to also encompass the business levels helps
to ensure department can interoperate to deliver a more agile, effective and
efficient government overall.
2. “The emphasis on service orientation is synergistic with a number of other
TBS directives and is consistent with the TBS policy renewal process.”
3. “The GC SOA defines a uniform approach to layering computer applications
and their components to enhance interoperability and reuse.”
Analysis The pieces of evidence illustrate that CIOB defines some methods to collaborate
with other business processes of the organisation through SOA, without conflict,
to provide integrated services, which basically satisfy the requirements of
organisational interoperability.
Table 3. The evidence and analysis for organisational interoperability.

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Question 2
Consider the statement on Page 7 (Section 4.2. The Value of SOA):
“One of the key goals of a service-oriented design is to cut through the current information
silos, promote interoperability and enable services to be delivered more effectively and
uniformly. SOA adoption has the potential to erase the barriers that separate the business and
technology sides of any organization, dramatically improving productivity, and increasing
overall harmony and agility.”