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Representing Meta-Artifacts

Representing Meta-Artifacts

Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781466601314|ISBN10: 1466601310|EISBN13: 9781466601321
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0131-4.ch006
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Rustam Vahidov. "Representing Meta-Artifacts." Design-Type Research in Information Systems: Findings and Practices, IGI Global, 2012, pp.115-134. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0131-4.ch006

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R. Vahidov (2012). Representing Meta-Artifacts. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0131-4.ch006

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Rustam Vahidov. "Representing Meta-Artifacts." In Design-Type Research in Information Systems: Findings and Practices. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0131-4.ch006

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Abstract

The concept of a design theory includes, among others, the components of meta-requirements and meta-systems. As an artifact, according to Simon, it is characterized in terms of its outer and inner environments, and the interface, design-type research projects may focus on one or another aspects of meta-artifacts. The purpose of this chapter is to describe a representational framework incorporating different views of meta-artifacts. The chapter introduces such a framework based on Zachman’s model for information architecture. The two dimensional model includes perspectives and categories dimensions. The former is defined in terms of four layers, including analytical, synthetic, technological, and implementation layers. The latter includes the categories of motivation, structure, behavior, and instantiation. At each layer alternative meta-artifact conceptualizations may be proposed by different researchers, implying a third dimension in the framework. A complete design research work on any given layer would correspond to a research project. A work targeting the entire matrix would constitute a design-type research program. Efforts by different design researchers on alternative conceptualizations could be regarded as research stream.

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