Chapter 29: Interoperability

Interoperability is ability for software to share and understand data. Another description is cross-platform compatibility, the ability for a resource to be used on different operating systems, with different browsers and different software configurations. An example of this is a web based gradebook. As long as you have access to the web, it does not matter what type of computer or what operating system it is running, the web based gradebook will work. This is important because the more flexible a resource is, the more likely it will be used.