Relationship between software integration and interoperation?

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Can someone let me know what is the difference/relationship between the
terms software integration and interoperation.

Any references would also be appreciated.

Thanks.
 
Can someone let me know what is the difference/relationship
between the terms software integration and interoperation.

Any references would also be appreciated.

Thanks.
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Er, google ?

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Magid said:
Can someone let me know what is the difference/relationship between the
terms software integration and interoperation.
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Integration is where you try to put several bits together to make a
whole. Interoperation is where separate things can communicate together.

For example, if you wanted to build a web application, you may need to
integrate your scripts with a database like MySQL and the Apache web
server. You take pieces of the jigsaw (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl,
[so-called LAMP] etc.) and put them together to make a single product:
your web app.

Interoperation is about sharing resources (let's say a document format)
between different products in an easy way. Politics aside (well,
almost), it's the opposite of a typical Microosft product, which aims to
"lock-in" their formats and prevent competitors from interacting with
their formats.
 
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