<s>
Uniform	B-General_Concept
information	I-General_Concept
representation	I-General_Concept
allows	O
information	O
from	O
several	O
realms	O
or	O
disciplines	O
to	O
be	O
displayed	O
and	O
worked	O
with	O
as	O
if	O
it	O
came	O
from	O
the	O
same	O
realm	O
or	O
discipline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Uniform	B-General_Concept
information	I-General_Concept
representation	I-General_Concept
is	O
particularly	O
important	O
in	O
the	O
fields	O
of	O
Enterprise	B-General_Concept
Information	I-General_Concept
Integration	I-General_Concept
(	O
EII	O
)	O
and	O
Electronic	O
Data	O
Interchange	O
(	O
EDI	O
)	O
,	O
where	O
different	O
departments	O
of	O
a	O
large	O
organization	O
may	O
have	O
collected	O
information	O
for	O
different	O
purposes	O
,	O
with	O
different	O
labels	O
and	O
units	O
,	O
until	O
one	O
department	O
realized	O
that	O
data	O
already	O
collected	O
by	O
those	O
other	O
departments	O
could	O
be	O
re-purposed	O
for	O
their	O
own	O
needs	O
—	O
saving	O
the	O
enterprise	O
the	O
effort	O
and	O
cost	O
of	O
re-collecting	O
the	O
same	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
