IBIS ｲ Interoperability in Business Information Systems © IBIS ｲ Issue 1 (5), 2010 7 Research Network on Interoperability of Applications and Software for Networked Enterprises in the Valencian Region (INTERVAL) Ricardo Chalmeta. Sergio Palomero, Verónica Pazos Grupo de Integracíon y Re-Ingeniería de Sistemas (IRIS) Universitat Jaume I Castellón, Spain rchalmet@uji.es Raúl Poler, Raquel Sanchis CIGIP, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia Escuela Politécnica Superior de Alcoy Ferrándiz y Carbonell, 2, 03801 Alcoy, Spain rpoler@omp.upv.es,rsanchis@cigip.upv.es Rubén de Juan-Marín, Ester Palacios Rodríguez Instituto Tecnológico de Informática Universidad Politécnica de Valencia Valencia, Spain rjuan@iti.upv.es, esparod@iti.upv.es Mª José Núñez Ariño, Òscar García Perales AIDIMA. Instituto Tecnológico del Mueble, Madera, Embalaje y Afines Valencia, Spain mjnunez@aidima.es, osgarcia@aidima.es David Martínez-Simarro, Raquel Almarcha-Vela Information and Communication Technologies Department Ainia Technological Centre Paterna (Valencia), Spain dmsimarro@ainia.es, ralmarcha@ainia.es Abstract: Enterprise interoperability is a tool for enhancing the competitiveness of ILUPV DQG LWV LPSRUWDQFH LV EURXJKW RXW E\ WKH IDFW RQH RI WKH (&ｷV VWUDWHJLF DLPV LV WR accomplish interoperability among European firms by the year 2010. Nevertheless, in the particular case of the Valencian Region (Spain), research into enterprise interoperability is still badly structured, fragmented, overlapping and, in many cases, practically non-existent. The INTERVAL project has been set up in an attempt to solve this problem. The scheme plans to carry out a series of initiatives aimed at integrating research activities and applying them to the complicated Valencian business sector. By so doing these companies would benefit from the application of knowledge created specifically for them and adapted to fit their characteristics. In this paper we present the details of the project, including its goals, aims, activities, results achieved, the methodology used to accomplish them, the economic and/or technological advantages, as well as possible applications and future lines of research.