Design Principles for Reference Modelling: Reusing Information Models by Means of Aggregation, Specialisation, Instantiation and Analogy

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Author(s): Jan vom Brocke (University of Muenster, Germany)
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 28
Source title: Innovations in Information Systems Modeling: Methods and Best Practices
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Terry Halpin (Neumont University, USA ), John Krogstie (SINTEF, Norway )and Erik Proper (Radboud University Nijmegen,The Netherlands)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-278-7.ch014

Keywords: Computer Science & IT / Information Science Reference / Systems & Software Design / Systems and Software Engineering

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With the design of reference models, an increase in the efficiency of information systems engineering is intended. This is expected to be achieved by reusing information models. Current research focuses mainly on configuration as one principle for reusing artifacts. According to this principle, all variants of a model are incorporated in the reference model facilitating adaptations by choices. In practice, however, situations arise whereby various requirements to a model are unforeseen: Either results are inappropriate or costs of design are exploding. This paper introduces additional design principles that aim toward giving more flexibility to both the design and application of reference models.

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