Foreword: Intelligent Integration of Information

This issue of JUS is dedicated to topics in Intelligent Integration of Information (I3). I3 represents a field in Information Systems that parallels closely the objectives of this journal. The focus on Integration defines tasks that increase the value of information when information from multiple sources is accessed, related, and combined. The problem to be addressed in this context is that integration over the ever-expanding number of resources available on-line leads to what customers perceive as information overload. In actuality, the customers experience data overload, making it nearly impossible to extract information sufficiently relevant to lead to decisions and action out of a haystack of data.