This book addresses semantic interoperability, a common fundamental problem for research into database, semantic web, and information integration. A novel taxonomy-based information model is proposed for managing faceted domain knowledge (semantics) and thus extends its utility for a wide range of applications (interoperability). This approach was inspired by the building construction domain, where complementary taxonomies (or standards) are used to classify sets of related specifications and materials that then serve as reference models to enhance communication among stakeholders. The new...