IÖ - Modeling of hybrid information systems (MohIS)

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Today's Internet technologies allow for the creation of web based information systems, which will not replace but extend existing software applications. In contrast to conventional information systems, which often contain structured data, web based systems rather include semi-structured data. The integration of conventional software systems and web-based software systems therefore leads to the emergence of heterogeneous application environments of hybrid systems. The objective of the project MohIS was to overcome deficits in the design process of hybrid information systems by developing an integrated method for analyzing and developing software systems. The research was in the large-scale research project "internet economy and hybrid systems" coordinated by an interdisciplinary research network at the University of Münster. The principle investigators of this cluster are organized in the European Research Center for Information Systems (ERCIS). The first step was to analyze existing design approaches for the development of web-based information systems for their applicability to model hybrid information systems. Furthermore, we developed a modeling language that allows for a content-focused conceptual description of web based information systems. On this basis, a web-based software implementation was designed and implemented. In order to evaluate the adaptability of the results, we established a long-term cooperation with maxess Systemhaus GmbH, Opitz Consulting GmbH, EHI-Eurohandelsinstitut and IDS Scheer GmbH.