Appendix C. Knowledge-Oriented Middleware
While middleware underlies application integration, the technology itself is still fairly primitive and without true intelligence. Organizations can connect disparate systems and applications, but developers must still customize the application integration technology, or perhaps the applications themselves, to meet specific requirements of businesses, applications, and systems.
Knowledge-Oriented Middleware (KOM) resolves this problem. KOM not only allows developers to link various systems, it also understands the features and the context of the applications it is connecting, thus eliminating programming requirements. Moreover, KOM is created to understand a particular vertical sector; it provides “canned” ...
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