The article is of interest to Nextspace Partners as it discusses:

• That a core issue with data interoperability is human organization and culture
• Changing needs
• New technologies and multiple versions of a technology in market simultaneously
• Past attempts, failures and limited successes
• The limitation of systems of systems approaches
• The issue of different user perspectives 

This is an article that raises issues core to Nextspace’s solution but beyond that relevance and unlike a lot of content, the article is a good read for its forthrightness, with conclusions such as:

Data interoperability is a goal that will never be fully achieved, but it is unclear what level of diversity is healthy and what level of non-interoperability is acceptable. 

and

One unsolved challenge is how to measure progress, or lack of progress, toward interoperability.

It also offers a good bibliography of secondary reading for Partners interested in the DOD vertical.

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