Publikation
Commius: An Email Based Interoperability Solution Tailored For SMEs
Thomas Burkhart; Dirk Werth; Peter Loos
In: Journal of Digital Information Management (JDIM), Vol. 6, No. 6, Pages 430-433, Digital Information Research Foundation, Chennai, 12/2008.
Zusammenfassung
More than 99% of European enterprises
are SMEs (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises). While
in the current market situation collaboration is evolving
to an indispensable key factor of success, research is
yet to produce results which can be used by SMEs.
This paper introduces an interoperability approach in
the context of the European Commius Project which
enables SMEs collaborate easily on the level of process
interoperability. The Commius solution will dock onto
existing E-Mail structures and enrich incoming E-Mails
with additional information dependant upon its content
and provide recommendations of expedient further
steps to process the E-Mail. A first picture of the
Commius process interoperability layer architecture will
be drawn. Furthermore proposals to adapt Commius
to the specific processes every SME has, in a simple
way, are being exposed.