Handbook on Architectures of Information Systems

1. Front Matter

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2. Architectures of Information Systems

   1. Architectures of Information Systems

      • Peter Bernus, Günter Schmidt

      Pages 1-9

3. Techniques and Languages for the Description of Information Systems

   1. Properties of Information Modeling Techniques for Information Systems Engineering

      • John Mylopoulos, Alex Borgida

      Pages 17-58

   2. Express

      • Reiner Anderl, Harald John, Christian Pütter

      Pages 59-79

   3. Object-Role Modeling (ORM/NIAM)

      • Terry Halpin

      Pages 81-103

   4. Database Language SQL

      • Jim Melton

      Pages 105-132

   5. Petri Nets

      • Jean-Marie Proth

      Pages 133-151

   6. State Transition Diagrams

      • Jules Desharnais, Marc Frappier, Ali Mili

      Pages 153-172

   7. The Process Interchange Format

      • Jintae Lee, Michael Gruninger, Yan Jin, Thomas Malone, Austin Tate, Gregg Yost

      Pages 173-195

   8. Process Language GPN

      • Günter Schmidt, Oliver Braun

      Pages 197-214

   9. The IDEF Family of Languages

      • Christopher Menzel, Richard J. Mayer

      Pages 215-249

   10. The CIMOSA Languages

       • François Vernadat

       Pages 251-272

   11. ConceptBase: Managing Conceptual Models about Information Systems

       • Manfred A. Jeusfeld, Matthias Jarke, Hans W. Nissen, Martin Staudt

       Pages 273-294

   12. Conceptual Graphs

       • John F. Sowa

       Pages 295-319

   13. GRAI GridDecisional Modelling

       • Guy Doumeingts, Bruno Vallespir, David Chen

       Pages 321-346

   14. Modeling of Business Systems Using SOM

       • Otto K. Ferstl, Elmar J. Sinz

       Pages 347-367

   15. Workflow and Service Composition Languages

       • Mathias Weske, Gottfried Vossen, Frank Puhlmann

       Pages 369-390

   16. XML — The Extensible Markup Language and its Use in the Field of EDI

       • Erik Wüstner, Peter Buxmann, Oliver Braun

       Pages 391-410

   17. Modeling Information-Systems with UML Unified Modeling Language

       • Fritz Letters

       Pages 411-456

4. Software Engineering Methods for Information System Construction

   1. Information Engineering Methodology

      • Clive Finkelstein

      Pages 459-483

This book is the first volume of a running series under the title Inter- tional Handbooks on Information Systems. The series is edited by Peter Bernus, Jacek Blazewicz, Günter Schmidt and Mike Shaw. One objective is to give state of the art surveys on selected topics of information systems theory and applications. To this end, a distinguished international group of academics and practitioners are invited to provide a reference source not only for problem solvers in business, industry, and government but also for professional researchers and graduate students. It seemed appropriate to start the series with a volume covering some basic aspects about information systems. The focus of the first volume is therefore architectures. It was decided to have a balanced number of c- tributions from academia and practitioners. The structure of the material follows a differentiation betweeen modelling languages, tools and meth- ologies. These are collected into separate parts, allowing the reader of the handbook a better comparison of the contributions. Information systems are a major component of the entire enterprise and the reader will notice that many contributions could just as easily have been included in another volume of the series which is on enterprise in- gration. Conversely, some traditionally information systems topics, as - ganisational analysis and strategic change management methods, will be treated in more depth in the Handbook on Enterprise Integration. The two volumes will complement each other.

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• Workflow
• Workflow Management
• business process
• computer
• computer science
• data model
• information system
• modeling
• organization
• simulation
• software engineering
• systems engineering
• tools

• School of Information and Communication Technology, Griffith University, Nathan QLD, Australia

  Peter Bernus

• Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology, Corporate Management, Berlin, Germany

  Kai Mertins

• Information and Technology Management, University of Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany

  Günter Schmidt

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