Revisiting interoperability in the context of digital accounts

Abstract

Interoperability is the ability of disparate systems to exchange data between each other, regardless of platform, hardware, or software. Although interoperability is being debated for a long time, it is still a hindrance to the processes of data integration of digital collections, making it difficult to aggregate processes and access only to a variety of different sources. The objective of this research is to identify and present the possibilities of technical and content interoperability inherent to environments and platforms that implement digital collections. The methodology used is mainly based on a bibliographic survey on digital collections and interoperability. As a result, it was possible to understand that there is still great difficulty in interoperating data from different sources, and that improving knowledge about the possibilities of using the interoperability resources may be essential for teams to be able to effectively integrate the data of diverse digital collections.