Information integration: A new generation of information technology

Roth, Mark A.; Wolfson, Dan; Kleewein, Jim; Nelin, C. J.

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“…As for MIS, it also "designated a specific category of information systems to serve Further question with Q1 could be "How to integrate?" Based on the conceptual model proposed by Blumenthal (1969), which described an integrated architecture and framework for organizational ISs, Giachetti (2004)'s fourlayer integration framework was analyzed along with some more recent works on system integration, or information integration, in the enterprise environment (Vernadat, 2002;Lee, et al, 2003;Lim, 1997;Kosanke, et al, 1999;Spencer, 2002;Jhingran, et al, 2002;Roth, et al, 2002), and presented as a framework of system integration with five inter-related layers, namely, physical, data, application, business process/function, and presentation, in which the higher level integration could be implemented based on the lower levels, in the work of Zhang (2007Zhang ( , 2008.…”

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The Evolution of Management Information Systems: A Literature Review

Zhang

2013

Journal of Integrated Design and Process Science

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The Management Information Systems (MISs) have been displaying considerable diversity during the evolution in the past decades. It comes such a big demand and challenge to draw an overarching picture of the evolutionary development of MISs. By systematically investigating the existing representative literature/research in MISs, especially by analyzing and modeling the MIS concepts, this paper first identifies the crises and challenges the traditional MIS has faced. Furthermore, by applying EBD, a design methodology, the author analyzes how these crises have been addressed, and as a result, how the classical MIS Pyramid is transformed and developed into an intelligenceintegration framework for the understanding of MISs evolution, which is able to not only position various information systems, but also show how these systems are still interrelated in the whole process of the evolution. The two dimensional framework here for MISs is conceptual model based, and different from prior frameworks, is able to describe the overall evolution of management information systems dynamically, rather than just "partially", or "statically". This framework also provides a model applicable to the development of MISs and information technologies, thus it is has meanings not just academia but also practice. The descriptive validity or consolidation of the framework is demonstrated by applying it to published MISs' studies. Future trends and challenges of MISs are also discussed based on the framework in this paper. Zhang / The Evolution of Management Information Systems: A Literature Reviewof MISs, and address these issues and concerns. By systematically investigating the existing representative literature/research in MISs, with an emphasis on analyzing and modeling the MIS concepts, this paper first clearly identifies the crises and challenges the traditional MIS has faced. Furthermore, by applying the Environment-based Design (EBD) methodology, the author analyzes how the crises have been addressed, and as a result, how the classical MIS Pyramid has been transformed and developed into an intelligenceintegration framework for the understanding of MISs evolution, which is able to not only position various information systems in terms of their intelligence and integration degrees, but also show how these systems have been interrelated in the whole process of their evolution. The Concepts of MIS/MISsSince the "discussion of the evolution of the MIS area 1 is greatly facilitated by a definition of the area" (Dickson, 1981), we started our discussion with "what is conceptually a MIS?" Some published definitions of management information system(s) are quoted as the following for further discussion. Classical and modern definitions of MIS/MISsWhen MIS concept was first used in late 1950, the system it represented only had plan and control functions. However, in 1960s -1970s, the expectation of both researchers and practitioners in the business management community had raised as high as a single system for all management requirement, namely ...

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Section: Q1 What Do You Mean By Integrated?mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Evolution of Management Information Systems: A Literature Review

Zhang

2013

Journal of Integrated Design and Process Science

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“…(Roth et al, 2002). The IRIS project at MIT is developing a novel decentralized infrastructure, based on distributed hash tables that will enable a new generation of large-scale distributed applications (Dabek et al, 2003).…”

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Technologies for Army Knowledge Fusion

Scherl¹,

Ulery²

2004

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Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to Department of Defense, Washington Headquarters Services, Directorate for Information Operations and Reports (0704-0188), 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204, Arlington, VA 22202-4302. Respondents should be aware that notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if it does not display a currently valid OMB control number. PLEASE DO NOT RETURN YOUR FORM TO THE ABOVE ADDRESS. REPORT DATE (DD-MM-YYYY) September 2004 REPORT TYPE T145e. TASK NUMBER AUTHOR(S)Richard Scherl* and Dana L. Ulery 5f. WORK UNIT NUMBER PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)Monmouth University Computer Science Department West Long Branch, NJ 7764-1898 PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER SPONSOR/MONITOR'S ACRONYM(S) 9. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)U.S. Army Research Laboratory ATTN: AMSRD-ARL-CI Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-5066 SPONSOR/MONITOR'S REPORT NUMBER(S)ARL-TR-3279 DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY STATEMENTApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES*Department of Computer Science, Monmouth University, B 23 Howard Hall, West Long Branch, NJ 07764-1898 ABSTRACTThe fusing of information to provide a real-time situational awareness and common relevant operational picture of events both within and outside the battlespace requires the integration and use of heterogeneous civilian and military sources. Knowledge fusion, also called information fusion and multisensor data fusion, names the body of techniques needed to accomplish this critical need of the U.S. Army. The area builds upon and integrates results from a variety of fields, including multiagent systems, information integration, the semantic web, and the classical (mathematically based, engineering in orientation) fusion methodologies. The goal of work in knowledge fusion is to intelligently fuse massive amounts of heterogeneous information (not only from sensors, but also from databases, files, web pages, etc.) into a form which may be used by humans to yield actionable knowledge. This report surveys the literature relevant to the evolving field of knowledge fusion. iii

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“…More recent developments include Digital Libraries and Content Management Systems (Roth et al, 2002). Digital Libraries are similar to a traditional library in that they provide access to some collection of information -usually in digitized form.…”

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Development of a Prototype Public File Repository for XBRL Documents Challenges and Opportunities

Prichard¹,

Roohani²

2004

IJDAR

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Abstract. Within the past few years, companies have begun publishing financial reports in anXML-based open-standard file format called XBRL. Providing easy public access to XBRL formatted data of company disclosures would provide investors, analysts, and accounting researchers the data in a highly flexible and usable format. EDGAR currently provides public access to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissionʼs required filings for publicly traded companies. Currently, EDGAR filings must be in either ASCII, HTML, and in some select cases, XML format. Though EDGAR has recently started to provide XBRL formatted data to the public for a limited number of companies, their primary distribution method remains in traditional file formats including plain text files, PDF, and GIF. Regardless of difficulties with XBRL specification versioning and customized taxonomies, XBRL data aggregators have yet to address any simple mechanism to retrieve XBRL documents. The purpose of this paper is to discuss a prototype public file repository for XBRL documents and present challenges and opportunities of having this public file repository. Also, in response to an anticipated demand for XBRL documents for the purpose of more frequent reporting and auditing of financial information, we compare two approaches of public access to XBRL documents on the web: file repository and file registry.Key words: XBRL, File Repository, File Registry, Continuous Reporting. INTRODUCTIONWithin the past few years, companies have begun publishing financial reports in an XML-based open-standard file format called XBRL (eXtensible Business The International Journal of Digital Accounting Research Vol. 4, N. 7, 2004, pp. 57-79 ISSN: 1577 We would like to thank Eric E. Cohen, Walter Hamscher, and Mike Willis for their helpful comments on earlier version of this paper.

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Information integration: A new generation of information technology

Cited by 35 publications

References 18 publications

The Evolution of Management Information Systems: A Literature Review

The Evolution of Management Information Systems: A Literature Review

Technologies for Army Knowledge Fusion

Development of a Prototype Public File Repository for XBRL Documents Challenges and Opportunities

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