Architecture of Integrated Information Systems

A. Conception of the ARIS Architecture for Integrated Information Systems.- A.I The Process Chain Model as Starting Point for Developing the Architecture.- A.II Derivation of the Aris Architecture by Structuring the Process Chain Model.- A.II.1 Concentration on the Transformation of Information.- A.II.2 Creating Views.- A.II.3 Breakdown of the Resource View Using a Phase Model.- A.III Representation of Information Models.- A.IV Comparison of ARIS with other Architectural Concepts.- A.IV.1 IFIP WG 8.1 Architecture.- A.IV.2 CIM-OSA Architecture.- A.IV.3 Further Architectural Approaches in the Literature.- A.IV.4 Architectural Proposals from Computer Suppliers.- A.V Incorporating the Procedural Model for Creating Information Systems.- A.VI Structure of the Remainder of the Book.- A.VI. 1 Organizational Principle.- A.VI.2 Extending the Descriptive Language.- B. Development of the ARIS Information Model (Meta-Information System).- B.I Process Chain Analysis (Recording the Semantic Starting Position).- B.II Modelling the Requirements Definition.- B.II. 1 Requirements Definition of the Function View.- B.II. 1.1 Function Description.- B.II 1.1.1 Function Structure.- B.II. 1.1.2 Operational Sequence.- B.II. 1.1.3 Processing Forms.- B.II. 1.1.4 Decision Models.- B.II. 1.1.5 The Requirements Definition Function Model.- B.II. 1.2 The Procedural Model for Function Modelling (Requirements Definition).- B.II. 1.2.1 Function View of the Procedural Model for Function Modelling.- B.II. 1.2.2 Organization View of the Procedural Model for Function Modelling.- B.II. 1.2.3 Data View of the Procedural Model for Function Modelling.- B.II. 1.2.4 Control View of the Procedural Model for Function Modelling.- B.II.2 Requirements Definition of the Organization View.- B.II.2.1 Organization Description.- B.II.2.1.1 Organizational Structure.- B.II.2.1.2 User Classes.- B.II.2.1.3 The Organization Model.- B.II.2.2 Procedural Model for Organization Modelling.- B.II.2.2.1 Function View.- B.II.2.2.2 Organization View.- B.II.2.2.3 Data View.- B.II.2.2.4 Control View.- B.II.3 Requirements Definition of the Data View.- B.II.3.1 Data Description.- B.II.3.1.1 The Simple ERM.- B.II.3.1.2 The Extended ERM.- B.II.3.2 Procedural Model for Data Modelling.- B.II.3.2.1 Function View.- B.II.3.2.2 Organization View.- B.II.3.2.3 Data View.- B.II.3.2.4 Control View.- B.II.4 Requirements Definition of the Control View.- B.II.4.1 Description of the Control View.- B.II.4.1.1 Linking Functions and Organization.- B.II.4.1.2 Linking Functions and Data.- B.II.4.1.2.1 Event Control.- B.II.4.1.2.2 Data Flow.- B.II.4.1.2.3 Object-Oriented Modelling.- B.II.4.1.3 Linking Organization and Data.- B.II.4.1.4 Linking Functions, Organization and Data.- B.II.4.1.5 The Requirements Definition-Control Model.- B.II.4.2 Procedural Model for the Control Modelling.- B.III Design Specification.- B.III. 1 Design Specification of the Function View.- B.III. 1.1 Module Design.- B.III. 1.2 Mini-Specification.- B.III. 1.3 Output Presentation.- B.III.2 Design Specification of the Organization View.- B.III.2.1 Network Topology.- B.III.2.2 Component Types.- B.III.3 Design Specification of the Data View.- B.III.3.1 Forming Relations.- B.III.3.2 Normalization-Denormalization.- B.III.3.3 Integrity Conditions.- B.III.3.4 Logical Access Paths.- B.III.3.5 Schema for a Database Management System.- B.III.4 Design Specification of the Control View.- B.III.4.1 Linking Module and Organization.- B.III.4.2 Linking Module and Data.- B.III.4.2.1 External Schemata.- B.III.4.2.2 Derivation of Control Structures.- B.III.4.2.3 Database Transactions.- B.III.4.2.4 Trigger Control.- B.III.4.3 Linking Organization and Data.- B.III.4.3.1 Linking User and Data.- B.III.4.3.2 Linking Organizational Units and Data: Distributed Databases.- B.III.4.4 Linking Module, Organization and Data (Distributed Data Processing).- B.IV Design of the Implementation Description.- B.IV.1 Implementation Description of the Function View.- B.IV.2 Implementation Description of the Organization View.- B. IV.3 Implementation Description of the Data View.- B.IV.3.1 Storage.- B.IV.3.2 Storage Assignment.- B.IV.4 Implementation Description of the Control View.- B.V The ARIS Information Model.- References.