Publications: Articles

Green Information

Green datacenters, green hardware, green systems software, green application software. Believe it or not: it really all starts with … green information! Unfortunately green information didn’t manage to get the attention it so much deserves – yet. Living in a … Continue reading

The Hinge Pin Principle

Let’s consider a simple hinge – consisting of two leafs and a single hinge pin. One of the leafs firmly integrates with, say, ‘world’ A; the other leaf with ‘world’ B. And the modest hinge pin, easily overlooked as it … Continue reading

The Core of Information Oriented Architecture

Did you ever notice that the vast majority of ICT people hardly talk about information and its fundamental characteristics? They do talk nineteen to the dozen about technical stuff like Object Oriented (OO), like Service Oriented Architectures (SOA), like Enterprise … Continue reading

Metapattern

An Information Roundabout is an infrastructural facility that is meant to significantly improve human interoperability. As such it requires a systematic organisation of information. And a systematic organisation of information, in turn, requires a method for systematic information modeling. Currently … Continue reading

Systematic Organisation of Information

Did you ever wonder why you organise your information the way you do? What the strengths and weaknesses of that way of organising are? Did you? This article introduces a systematic way of organising information. A way that – most … Continue reading