Information Systems

          Information Systems is the discipline concerned with the development, use, application and influence of information systems. An information system, following a definition of Langefors (e.g., see [1]), is a technologically implemented medium for recording, storing, and disseminating linguistic expressions, as well as for drawing conclusions from such expressions.

          The technology used for implementing information systems by no means has to be computer technology. A notebook in which one lists certain items of interest is, according to that definition, an information system. Likewise, there are computer applications that do not comply with this definition of information systems. Embedded systems are an example. A computer application that is integrated into clothing or even the human body does not generally deal with linguistic expressions. One could, however, try to generalize Langefors' definition so as to cover more recent developments.

1. Hirschheim, R., Klein, H. K. & Lyytinen, Varu, N. K. Information systems development and data modeling: Conceptual and philosophical foundations. Cambridge & Aston University Press, 1995.

2. Information Systems – Fundamentals and Issues - an introductory text by John Lindsay, Kingston University, School of Information Systems, Kingston University, UK

3. Bocij et al (2005) Business Information Systems, Prentice Hall

• Data Processing System

• Information Processing System

• Data modeling

• Data architect

• Database

• Metadata

• Data Reference Model

• Predictive Model Markup Language

• Environmental Modeling Center

• Semantic translation

• European Research Center for Information Systems (ERCIS)

• Information system

• Management Information Systems

Business informatics