ords. [Models (BDR)] 
 Initialism for “intellectual property rights.” [Government] 
 n.,
 The ability of one application/system to communicate or work with another. [General Dictionaries] 
n., The ability of one application, system, or metadata schema to communicate, work, or interface with another;
 the ability to provide services and accept services from other systems, enabling information that originates in one context to be used in another in ways that are as highly automated as possible. [Archives] 
n.