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== Architecture of Interoperable Information Systems ==

An Architecture of interoperable information systems describes how interoperating information systems can be efficiently designed and implemented. Since the invention of information system, concepts were created to describe how information systems can be connected to each other in an efficient manner. In the context of enterprise information systems in 2010 also a concept named "Architecture of Interoperable Information Systems" (AIOS) was published.

== Terminology and Requirments ==

== Definitions ==

Interoperability: The automation of cross-organizational [[business process]]es is one of the most important trends of the information age. lnstead of a tight [[integration]] however, collaborating organizations rather strive for a loose coupling of their information systems. The information systems should be able to work together but retain as much independency as possible. This characteristic is also called [[interoperability]]. In the context of collaborating organizational systems thatwhich work together, the term '''Business Interoperability''' was proposed. In comparison to interoperability notions that focus on technical systems, refferingthis term refers to the '''capability of autonomous organizations to execute a collaborative business process among them'''.

[[Information system]]s are systems that process information, i.e. they capture, transport, transform, store and offer information. Following the conception prevailing in information systems research, an information system comprises not only the hardware and software of an enterprise, but also the related human actors, business functions and processes as well as organization structures.[1] [[Architecture]] is defined as the “fundamental organization of a system, embodied in its components, their relationships to each other and the environment, and the principles governing its design and evolution” [2]

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== References ==

[1] Compare BECKER & SCHÜTTE (2004), p. 33, and GABRIEL (2008). This broad understanding is also confirmed by the often-referenced “Framework for Information Systems Architecture” (ZACHMAN, 1987).

[2] IEEE (2007).

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