Table 3.
Interoperability levels of the comprehensive interoperability schema.
| Information perspective | Organizational perspective | |
|---|---|---|
| Interoperability level | Instances | Interoperability level |
| Technical interoperability (0) | Technical plug&play, signal- & protocol compatibility | Light-weight interactions |
| Structural interoperability (1) | Simple EDI, envelopes | Information sharing |
| Syntactic interoperability (1) | Messages and clinical documents with agreed upon vocabulary | |
| Semantic interoperability (2) | Advanced messaging with common information models and terminologies | Coordination |
| Organizations/Service interoperability (3) | Common business process | Agreed Cooperation |
| Knowledge-based interoperability (4) | Multi-domain processes | Cross-domain Cooperation |
| Skills-based interoperability (5) | Multi-domain individual engagement | Moderated end-user collaboration |