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Informata are introduced as a subclass of information systems. The SMARTIE framework is presented which supports the conceptual modelling of informata. The core of the framework is an automaton, which can be viewed as a generalization and an extension of the finite state machine, but which also draws on results of language philosophical research. A model of a system in this framework is called a communication model, as opposed to the conventional process model. Several techniques supporting the modelling and the specification of systems in the SMARTIE framework are presented. To demonstrate the practical applicability of the modelling principles, a traffic control system is taken as an example.
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Dietz, J.L.G. (1990). A communication oriented approach to conceptual modelling of information systems. In: Steinholtz, B., Sølvberg, A., Bergman, L. (eds) Advanced Information Systems Engineering. CAiSE 1990. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 436. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0000590
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