Information Interchange Layer based on Classification of Information Use (IU)

Abstract

IntroductionIn last decade it's so easy to access, store, produce, and distribute information to or from global source of information. Most executives of enterprises began to realize that amount of information will not valuable if it irrelevant and unable to provide added value for them. In fact, although investment value is growing rapidly but development of Information System and Technology (IST) frequently incapable to meet the expected impact. Most of real problem are flow of information stalled or not fit to expectation (causing Information Silo). Compatibility and Inter-Operability between systems or units is often a difficult obstacle to addressed. System integration, particularly to meet a requirement of information exchange between systems, become a strategic issues to ministry level in Indonesia. Most strategic impact perceived is ineffective to provide a right information, accurate, and timely, especially for top management, beside its flow between internal units in enterprise.DeLone & McLean [1] has developed D&M Information Systems (IS) success model since 1991 and generates 5 aspects whose influence it. Information Quality or IQ [2] is the only aspect on D&M model which specifically separates a study to elements of information as a product with its information systems. IQ is measure of information characteristic because be a dimension which is directly representing information, especially as a product of information systems. Factor of poor information quality is considered as the most influential aspect for enterprise. Many of the IQ problems are pervasive, costly and even disastrous [3]. One of a purposes in applying theories and concepts of many IQ research is to conduct a most appropriate improvement based on this characteristics to produce high-value information.In line with observations in previous description about availability of right information, according to Garvin 1993 [4], one of the basic things that become a problem in quality of information management is inappropriate format. Appropriateness format are subjective and more closely related to its usage process. Therefore, can be indicated there is information characteristics which related indirectly to a system that produces information, but highly related to its use. Adopted from Choo [5] used a term of Information Use (IU) as a classification of information characteristic in usage stage or based on characteristics of its user. Characteristics on classification of IU to be evaluated is appropriateness format, which is in this study defined as fitness between information available with interests of its user. Focus of this study is to analyze the application and effect from characteristics to management of information interchange within enterprise.We developed an application of technology based on parameters from a characteristic on IU, in context of increasing a value of enterprise information resources. This paper discussed a design testing of application to optimize existing Information Systems, by repackaging