A model for analysis and design of information systems based on a document centric approach

Abstract

The recent tendency in analysis and design of Information Systemsis that the emphasis is placed on the documents that are ubiquitous around informationsystems and organizations. The proliferation of computer literacy led tothe general use of electronic documents. To understand the anticipated behaviourof Information Systems and the actual operation of a particular organization, theanalysis of documents play increasingly important role. The behaviour of InformationSystems can be interpreted in a framework of Enterprise Architecture andits models that are contained in it. Certain parts and entirety of various types ofdocuments connected to business processes, tasks, roles and actors within organization.The tracking of life cycle of documents and representing the complexrelationships is essential both at analysis and operation time. We propose a theoreticalframework that makes use previous results of modelling and well-foundedmathematical techniques.