title: Character sets: an invisible pre-requisite towards cross-border interoperability?
abstract: Working interoperability not only requires harmonized system's architectures, but also the same interpretation of technical specifications in order to guide the development process. This paper analyzes the role individual characters play as the bearer of data in general and information in specific. This aspect of interoperability is especially important in the context of cross-border communication and collaboration.
authors.affiliation: Agfa Healthcare, Bonn, Germany. frank.oemig@agfa.com
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Oemig
authors.forename: Bernd
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Blobel
mesh_terms: D003199:Computer Systems; D005060:Europe; D008498:Medical Record Linkage; D011381:Programming Languages