Guideline: Information Service Considerations and Realization Patterns
This guideline briefly discusses some of the issues to be considered during the detailed design and realization of information services. Pattern-based solutions to the issues are presented.
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Main Description

In the context of a hypothetical business scenario, Keen [KN08] describes several of the generic business requirements that drive the need for information services, including these requirements, plus five others 

  • Data cleansing
  • Content management for unstructured data
  • Master data management

Keen describes issues related to each of the requirements, followed by a generalized solution pattern with a concrete suggested instantiation of the solution. The following table shows the pattern and the problem.

Pattern Problem Addressed
Model Life Cycle Unclear information
Basic Information Service Enablement Provide consistent access to information in service-oriented systems
Data Federation Enable access to information, wherever it is located
Data Consolidation Consolidate disparate data into a single source
Data Cleansing Address data quality and consistency issues
Content Integration Handling of unstructured information
Master Data Management Lack of "standard" data that describes core business entities
Manage Life Cycle Poorly managed service life cycles