Editing Interoperability (section)

====Information search====
Search interoperability refers to the ability of two or more information collections to be searched by a single query.<ref>[https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ital/article/view/4520 Open Search Environments: The Free Alternative to Commercial Search Services]</ref>

Specifically related to web-based search, the challenge of interoperability stems from the fact designers of web resources typically have little or no need to concern themselves with exchanging information with other web resources. [[Federated Search]] technology, which does not place format requirements on the data owner, has emerged as one solution to search interoperability challenges. In addition, standards, such as [[Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting]], [[Resource Description Framework]], and [[SPARQL]], have emerged that also help address the issue of search interoperability related to web resources. Such standards also address broader topics of interoperability, such as allowing data mining.