intermediaat

Intermediaat is a term used in some niche texts to denote a mediating role or layer within a process or system. It is not widely standardized in English dictionaries or in major scholarly literature. In the contexts where it appears, intermediaat generally designates an entity, component, or stage that sits between two other elements and facilitates communication, translation, or coordination. Depending on the field, intermediaat can refer to a human intermediary, a software component such as a middleware, or an intermediate workflow stage.

In software architecture, an intermediaat might act as a data translator or protocol adapter, enabling decoupled communication between clients and services. In business process management, it can function as a broker that integrates or routes data between partners. In logistics or data integration, it can perform mapping, validation, and routing tasks.

The term is sometimes used as a direct translation from Dutch or German cognates, though in English the more common terms are intermediary, mediator, or middleware. Because of the term's varied usage and lack of formal definition, readers should refer to the source's specific meaning when encountering intermediaat.

See also: intermediary, mediator, middleware, interface, broker, liaison.