Universal substantive interoperability among an arbitrary collection of heterogeneous live, virtual, constructive (LVC) systems for an arbitrary purpose is not attainable. The Open Netcentric Interoperability Standards for Training and Testing (ONISTT) project has applied and extended the Department of Defense Netcentric Data Strategy and semantic web concepts to the more limited but attainable...

By consolidating scientific societies into a confederation, Spanish scientists have developed a powerful platform from which to promote the importance of scientific research and science education to both the general public and government.

The purpose of this paper is to outline benefits of adoption of the Nutrition Care Process (NCP) and International Dietetics and Nutrition Terminology (IDNT) by Canadian dietitians, discuss implementation considerations for broad-based action and change, and determine future directions. The NCP and IDNT are recommended by the International Confederation of Dietetic Associations for internationa...

The relevance of the topic is determined by need to deepen and describe functioning inhomogeneous French language in French-speaking cantons Switzerland using specific lexical material. analysis intra extralinguistic influences their reflection Franco-Swiss literary version important for contact linguistics, its due lack depth this issue. analyst particularly interested fact that Switzerland, e...

There is general consensus that tax havens have long played a major role in the evolution of capitalist system on global scale. also no doubt Switzerland one first, if not haven to emerged, as well most important world. However, knowledge and understanding history, particularly distant past, remains lacking, despite considerable volume literature devoted them. Therefore, this article attempts m...

We describe a novel approach by which software can assess the ability of a confederation of heterogeneous systems to interoperate to achieve a given purpose. The approach uses ontologies and knowledge bases (KBs) to capture the salient characteristics of systems, on the one hand, and of tasks for which these systems will be employed, on the other. Rules are used to represent the conditions unde...

Dastan (jir, ir, chorchok) is ornate oral history, common among the peoples of Central Asia. It conveys the revered and cherished value systems from one generation to the next over millennia. It is part of the permanent record of a people or a confederation. It lives on as a unifying charter in the consciousness of the people whose lives and exploits gave birth to it. It is the national anthem,...

The proposal of a European minimum wage directive by the Commission was supposed to improve working conditions. This article asks why such an initiative created challenge unity unions, but not employers’ associations at transnational level. authors provide network analysis communication structure social partners. Applying Scharpf’s concepts positive and negative integration Hirschman’s typology...