Incorporates requirements capture and process design. Describes information
modelling and management. Discusses design methods and support services for
application engineering and management. The technology discussed allows the
end-user to bring together purpose-built application components, services
delivered by other organisations, off-the-shelf software packages, databases, or
databases' legacy software and communications systems. This book is therefore
relevant to small companies with network-based information systems and to large
organisations seeking to engage in the practice of international electronic
commerce. It is also suitable for specialists and postgraduate students working
in the fields of software engineering, databases, CSCW, and knowledge-based and
distributed systems.