A case study of development of a mobile application from an existing web information system

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-38
Author(s):  
Itamir de Morais Barroca Filho ◽  
Gibeon Soares Aquino Júnior
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Web Information System ◽  
Web Information ◽  
Web Information Systems

Purpose This paper aims to present a case study of the Metamorphosis process in the development of a mobile application based on an existing web information system. Design/methodology/approach The paper presents the design and execution of a case study to investigate the feasibility of using the Metamorphosis process to create mobile applications based on existing web information systems. This case study reports the development of a mobile version from SIGEventos web information system. Findings The use of Metamorphosis process for the development of SIGEventos Mobile, based on SIGEventos web version, allowed the investigation of the feasibility of it on creation of mobile applications based on existing web information systems. This process was considered useful for creating mobile applications based on existing information systems. Originality/value This paper presents a case study of Metamorphosis process.

scholarly journals Organizational Semiotics and Participatory Design to Requirements Elicitation - A Case Study

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flávia Linhalis Arantes
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Participatory Design ◽  
Requirements Elicitation ◽  
Work Practices ◽  
Web Information System ◽  
Web Information ◽  
Web Information Systems ◽  
Organizational Semiotics

It is already agreed that requirements have a critical impact on the quality and users satisfaction of the resulting software. In this work, web information systems are reviewed from the perspective of organizational semiotics as being part of an organization, which comprises work practices, rules and views of the same system by different stakeholders. This paper presents a case study, where artifacts of the organizational semiotics are exploited in a collaborative and participatory way to requirements elicitation of a web information system.

Development of mobile applications from existing Web-based enterprise systems

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Itamir de Morais Barroca Filho ◽  
Gibeon Soares Aquino Júnior
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Enterprise Systems ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Good Practices ◽  
Web Information ◽  
Web Information Systems

Purpose – This paper aims to identify and propose strategies for development of mobile applications from Web-based enterprise systems and introduce a process called Metamorphosis. This process provides a set of activities subdivided into four phases – requirements, design, development and deployment – to assist in the creation of mobile applications from existing Web information systems. Design/methodology/approach – With the aim to provide a background to propose the Metamorphosis process, a systematic review was performed to identify strategies, good practices and experiences reported in the literature about creation of mobile applications. Findings – This paper identifies and proposes strategies for development of mobile applications from Web-based enterprise systems and introduces a process called Metamorphosis. Then, this process is applied for creation of SIGAA Mobile. Originality/value – The originality of this paper is the proposal of Metamorphosis process, that is, a process for development of mobile applications from Web-based enterprise systems.

A method to assist in the proper management of rule bases in Web information systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 577-593
Author(s):  
Abir Boujelben ◽  
Ikram Amous
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Knowledge Bases ◽  
Rule Base ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Web Information ◽  
Web Information Systems ◽  
A New Technique ◽  
Amount Of Knowledge ◽  
Rule Bases

Purpose One key issue of maintaining Web information systems is to guarantee the consistency of their knowledge base, in particular, the rules governing them. There are currently few methods that can ensure that rule bases management can scale to the amount of knowledge in these systems environment. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, the authors propose a method to detect correct dependencies between rules. This work represents a preliminary step for a proposal to eliminate rule base anomalies. The authors previously developed a method that aimed to ameliorate the extraction of rules dependency relationships using a new technique. In this paper, they extend the proposal with other techniques to increase the number of extracted rules dependency relationships. The authors also add some modules to filter and represent them. Findings The authors evaluated their own method against other semantic methods. The results show that this work succeeded in extracting better numbers of correct rules dependency relationships. They also noticed that the rule groups deduced from this method’s results are very close to those provided by the rule bases developers. Originality/value This work can be applied to knowledge bases that include a fact base and a rule base. In addition, it is independent of the field of application.

Web Information System Platforms for Publishing Spatial Data

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Crescenzio Gallo ◽  
Franco Malatacca ◽  
Angelo Fratello
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Multimedia Data ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Related Data ◽  
Web Information System ◽  
Web Information ◽  
Technological Tools ◽  
Web Information Systems ◽  
The Web

The best tools to manage the exchange of information and services between heterogeneous subjects through new technological tools with particular reference to information systems are certainly the Web-based information systems. Leveraging the infrastructure of the Web, these systems may be able to handle multimedia data, to perform distributed and cooperative applications based on service, in addition to customizing applications and related data. This paper provides an overview on Web Information Systems with particular reference to GIS, presenting a description of the usage scenarios and a comparison between two significant platform for publishing spatial data.

ISIS political economy: financing a terror state

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitrios Stergiou
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Marketing Methods ◽  
And Control ◽  
Official Data ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
State Scale

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the financial aspects of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), its sources of financing and the management of funds in a State-like apparatus. Design/methodology/approach It is argued that ISIS constitutes a phenomenon not only due to the extreme violence, instrumentalized via “marketing” methods but also on grounds of its declared aspiration to occupy and control land and population with ever expanding borders. After analyzing the group’s sources of funding which are closely interlinked to the areas it controls and its coordinated efforts to establish a proto-terror state framework, a strategy for addressing this threat based on international practices and decisions is being highlighted. Findings ISIS represents a “sui generis”, primarily self-funded State Scale Entity, a case study for Defense and Security Geo-economics. Its “economic model”, an amalgam of terrorist and criminal practices, could not be used for a viable proto-state it aspires to be. Research limitations/implications No official data of any kind are available by international recognized organizations or bodies. The sources for this paper are primarily Western media, journalists, indirect habitants’ testimonies and very few official reports. Practical implications Caution must be exercised, when using even trivial platforms of social media and mobile applications, linked even remotely with ISIS or its affiliates. Originality/value This paper is a comprehensive presentation of the economic facets of this first modern endeavor for a terror-state.

A Brief Introduction to Ontology

2009 ◽  
pp. 77-104
Author(s):  
Roberto Paiano ◽  
Anna Lisa Guido ◽  
Andrea Pandurino
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Initial Phase ◽  
Time Development ◽  
Development Effort ◽  
Web Information ◽  
Final Output ◽  
Web Information Systems ◽  
Final System

It is now clear that a careful initial phase of design, above all that it concerns for the complex Web information systems, it is essential to assure the quality of the final system. To reduce the necessary time development effort in order to get the final output, it is important to have tools that allow quickly obtatining tangible results; in few words, it is important to quickly obtain a consistent part of code for the final application. In this way, it is possible to provide the customer with a first draft of the information system in order to have a first validation of the design.

scholarly journals Pioneering models for information interaction in the context of information seeking and retrieval

2018 ◽  
Vol 74 (5) ◽  
pp. 966-986 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reijo Savolainen
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Conceptual Analysis ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Information Behaviour ◽  
Information Interaction ◽  
Depth Analysis

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to clarify the conceptual issues of information behaviour research by reviewing the approaches to information interaction in the context of information seeking and retrieval (IS&R). Design/methodology/approach The study uses the conceptual analysis focussing on four pioneering models for interactive IS&R proposed by Belkin, Ingwersen and Ingwersen and Järvelin. Findings A main characteristic of models for information interaction is the tripartite setting identifying information resources accessible through information systems, intermediary/interface and user. Dialogue is a fundamental constituent of information interaction. Early models proposed by Belkin and Ingwersen focussed on the dialogue occurring in user-intermediary interaction, while more recent frameworks developed by Ingwersen and Järvelin devote more attention to dialogue constitutive of user-information system interaction. Research limitations/implications As the study focusses on four models developed within the period of 1984-2005, the findings cannot be generalised to depict the phenomena of information interaction as a whole. Further research is needed to model the specific features of information interaction occurring in the networked information environments in particular. Originality/value The study pioneers by providing an in-depth analysis of the ways in which pioneering researchers have conceptualised the phenomena of interaction in the context of IS&R. The findings contribute to the elaboration of the conceptual space of information behaviour research.

Ecologies of interests in social information systems for social benefit

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-30
Author(s):  
Nick Letch
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Social Information ◽  
Systems Design ◽  
Policy Network ◽  
Policy Action ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore a class of social information systems which are purposefully designed to address wider social objectives. Specifically, the paper investigates the embedding of ICTs into the wider networks of social policy action and explores issues associated with the integration of social information systems into complex problem domains. Design/methodology/approach – A case study of a social information system and its integration into networks of actors with an interest in the underlying social concern is presented. The system under analysis is first described in terms of the emerging characteristics used to define this class of social information system. The wider policy network in which the social information system is implemented is then described and the integration of the social information system into the wider network is discussed. Findings – The case study illustrates that for complex social problems, there can be multiple interests embedded in an ecology of sub-networks. Each sub-network can make use of the social information system in different ways which creates difficulties in the social information system gaining sufficient legitimacy to be institutionalised into the wider policy network. Originality/value – The paper extends understanding of social information systems by proposing that a class of social information systems are developed to pursue human benefit. Recognising the context in which these systems are integrated as an ecology of interests, shifts the focus of social information systems design from examining the requirements of a relatively homogenous community of actors to understanding how social information systems can be developed to enable information exchange within and across heterogeneous communities.

Towards a taxonomy of intergenerational knowledge transfer practices

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-91
Author(s):  
Kerstin Kuyken ◽  
Mehran Ebrahimi ◽  
Anne-Laure Saives
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Case Study Design ◽  
Younger Workers ◽  
Intergenerational Knowledge

Purpose This paper aims to develop a better understanding of intergenerational knowledge transfer (IKT) practices by adopting a context-related and comparative perspective. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative case study design involving 83 interviews and non-participative observation in German and Quebec organizations has been chosen. Findings Two distinctive archetypes of IKT emerge from both national contexts: “we-individualizing” (Germany) and “I-connecting” (Quebec), leading to an eightfold taxonomy of IKT practices. Research limitations/implications This research is limited to young and senior workers and to high-tech sectors. Originality/value Comparative and inductive study of IKT, adaptation of IKT practices to national contexts, retaining younger workers. This inductive and comparative study allows a better adaptation of IKT practices to national contexts and therefore a better retention of younger workers.

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