Družbeni dejavniki interoperabilnosti v informacijski infrastrukturi

slovenian

2008

volume 16, issue 2

Slovensko društvo Informatika

Although the main characteristics of an information infrastructure are those of an infrastructure in general, the information infrastructure has its own special charasteristics, interopearbilitybeing one of the important ones. If hitherto infrastructures have had a decisive role in the development of the industrial society, the information infrastructure no doubt is cruical for the knowledge society. As the information infrastructure is not about a "thing" but rather about relation, its success depends on technical and social components. As a rule, it is developed in three typical phases: local elements are connected through coordination and technology transfer into networks, and then consolidate. Sociologitsts are engaged in this process in different ways in different phases, either in the form of providing feedback on the reactions of a social environment, or by beingpart of promotional activities, or by actively participating in all development processes. Their cooperation is vital as the information infrastructure, due to interference infixed relations, keeps triggering social conflicts and tensions that in mostcases cause projects to fail. In future, much greaterattention needs to be paid to the study of informatoin infrastructures, or esle we will not be able to understand the ever-expanding ecology of knowledge.

27.10.2023