Content integration for E-Business

We define the problem of content integration for E-Business, and show how i t differs in fundamental ways from traditional issues surrounding data inte gration, application integration, data warehousing and OLTP. Content integr ation includes catalog integration as a special case, but encompasses a bro ader set of applications and challenges. We explore the characteristics of content integration and required services for any solution. In addition, we explore architectural alternatives and discuss the use of XML in this aren a.