Grant: Discovery Grants Program - Individual

The proposed research program aims to study the problem of data exchange from a B2B e-commerce perspective. In order for two enterprises to conduct business electronically, they must exchange data. For these exchanges to occur, both enterprise information systems must be compatible. This can only occur if there is a shared, common understanding. Should no such understanding be available, some mediation must be done for the exchange to be successful. Building on previous results, this research program will study the problem of adaptable mediators, i.e., software that will act as an interface between information systems. In particular, we are interested in the automatic adaptability of these mediators, without human intervention. We seek to answer questions pertaining to change detection in information systems and knowledge management. The results should enable the development of mediators to support the deployment of the Service Oriented Architecture, minimizing the adaptation costs between systems to integrate. They will also help identify what knowledge is required, nice to have or useful for adaptability to occur, hence providing some requirements to enterprise knowledge management.