Integration

Integration - A set of activities that makes information more comprehensive, concise, convenient, and accessible; combining information sources and aggregating content to ease the cognitive load on the information consumer. 

[Category=Data Quality ]

Source: Martin Eppler, http://www.iaidq.com/main/glossary.shtml , 31-Jan-2009 13:44

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Integration - Used here in the broad sense to mean the transformation of disparate data into an integrated data resource.

[Category=Data Warehousing ]

Source: Sun.com, 30 July 2010 08:55:17, http://www.sun.com/third-party/dw/brochures/67198.Acrobat.pdf

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Integration - Used here in the broad sense to mean the transformation of disparate data into an integrated data resource.

[Category=Data Warehousing ]

Source: Aexis Business Intelligence, 14 December 2010 09:13:15, http://www.aexis.eu/DataWarehouse-Glossary/

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Integration - Integration is used by marketers to explain the harmonious combination of elements or components. Whether related to channels, messaging, campaign creatives or data, integration is now the holy grail of marketers.

[Category=Database Marketing ]

Source: DBG, 06 May 2011 07:57:28, http://www.dbg.co.uk/glossary/1015

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integration - [data transfer] A high degree of interconnection between two or more programs or datasets, in which they share a common schema, ontology, semantic approach, or method that allows information to be passed between them without being fully processed.

[Category=Geospatial ]

Source: esri, 20 May 2012 10:15:15, http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/GISDictionary/term/abbreviation