TY - GEN
T1 - An ontology of IS design science research artefacts
AU - Weigand, Hans
AU - Johannesson, Paul
AU - Andersson, Birger
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - From a design science perspective, information systems and their components are viewed as artefacts. However, not much has been written yet on the ontological status of artefacts or their structure. After March & Smith’s (1995) initial classification of artefacts in terms of models, constructs, procedures and instantiations, there have been only a few attempts to come up with a more systematic approach. After reviewing previous work, this conceptual paper introduces an ontology of IS artefacts. It starts with an ontological characterization of artefacts and technical objects in general and proceeds to introduce a systematic classification of IS artefacts and compare it with existing work. We end with some practical implications for design research.
AB - From a design science perspective, information systems and their components are viewed as artefacts. However, not much has been written yet on the ontological status of artefacts or their structure. After March & Smith’s (1995) initial classification of artefacts in terms of models, constructs, procedures and instantiations, there have been only a few attempts to come up with a more systematic approach. After reviewing previous work, this conceptual paper introduces an ontology of IS artefacts. It starts with an ontological characterization of artefacts and technical objects in general and proceeds to introduce a systematic classification of IS artefacts and compare it with existing work. We end with some practical implications for design research.
U2 - 10.1016/j.is.2019.101437
DO - 10.1016/j.is.2019.101437
M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - LNBIP
SP - 129
EP - 144
BT - Research Challenges in Information Systems (RCIS)
A2 - Dalpiaz, F
PB - Springer Verlag
CY - Cham
ER -