ICT support infrastructures and interoperability for VOs

Citation:
Cardoso, Tiago, L. M. Camarinha-Matos, and K. Menzel. "ICT support infrastructures and interoperability for VOs." Virtual Organisations Cluster - VOSTER WP4.4 (2003).

Abstract:

The design and development of a transparent, easy to use and affordable ICT infrastructure is a key pre-requisite for the effective large-scale implementation of the collaborative network organizations such as virtual organizations, professional virtual communities, e-science communities, etc. This chapter introduces an overview of the main classes of infrastructures required by different types of virtual organizations and summarizes the main approaches followed by a number of research projects in the area.