Adaptive Information : Improving Business Through Semantic Interoperability, Grid Computing, and Enterprise Integration (Wiley Series in Systems Engineering and Management)

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Summary: Textbook for the disciplines of Middleware and Infostructure
Review: Infrastructure, as a term is quite familiar, and deals with information about the tools and the hardware. Infostructure, is existing in content and is yet to get the global acceptability and appropriability. I see this book as an exclusive text on infostructure, as well as the middleware (other than the hardware, software, etc.)

I found this book thought provoking. It applies various methods of disseminaing the message (that would be otherwise lost in the medium).

Most books lack the skill to present the outsider's experience in the Semantic Web. In this regard Pollock and Hodgson get a high mark for covering in a very unique way experiences of the workplace, under the caption: 'Insider Insight.'

In the preface is the scope of this term: "These are 'guest spots' where industry lumniaries voice their thoughts about an important topic of interest. Thee sidebars are inserted throughout the text wherever an 'insight' overlaps with the content being discussed in the main text. In this way, the reader should enjoy a diversity of ideas surrounding many topic of interest in the book."

The three Listmania (Amazon's book store catalog, prepared by store's visitors) and listed on this page contribute in reflectng the relationship, depth and coverage of this book.

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