SETting the Stage

Setting the Stage

Metadata, literally " data about data, " has become a widely used yet still frequently underspecified term that is understood in different ways by the diverse professional communities that design, create, describe, preserve, and use information systems and resources. It is a construct that has been around for as long as humans have been organizing information, albeit transparently in many cases...

SEttiNG tHE StaGE

This article reports a case of a decision-making process in a Swedish local government reorganizing hosting of software applications. One question raised is, how the attempt of improving governance and being more of an e-government, influences hosting decisions. The case findings suggest, that organizations planning to decentralize decision-making in order to make better decisions and to increa...

One Setting the Stage

Fraud in science is, in essence, a violation of the scientific method. It is feared and denigrated by all scientists. Let’s look at a few real cases that have come up in the past. Piltdown Man, a human cranium and ape jaw found in a gravel pit in England around 1910, is perhaps the most famous case. Initially hailed as the authentic remnants of one of our more distant ancestors, the interspecie...

Setting the stage.

Setting the stage

The human operators of complex systems, such as computer-integrated manufacturing systems, power plants, and aircraft flight decks, are highly educated and trained. They can monitor and manage their particular systems under normal conditions and during system malfunctions. These operators typically must deal with an enormous quantity of data conveying system health that is presented to them on ...