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Towards a Rosetta Stone for translating data between information systems
journal contribution
posted on 2015-12-22, 14:28 authored by Josh Morton, John Beckford, Louise CookeInformation systems are an important organizational asset and offer numerous benefits. However, organizations face continued
challenges when upgrading ageing information systems, and the data contained within, to newer platforms. This article explores,
through conversations with information systems professionals in four organizations, the potential development of a ‘Rosetta
Stone’, which can translate data between systems and be used to help overcome various challenges associated with their
modernization. Despitemixed feedback regarding theRosetta Stone concept from interviewees, solutions highlighted in literature
combinedwith participant feedback presented theories for its development, primarily as a tool to enable meaningful interpretation
of data, rather than direct translation. The conclusion reflects on data collected to recommend a framework for how the tool
might be developed and has the potential to be of significant interest to practitioners, open-source communities and organizations.
History
School
- Business and Economics
Department
- Business
Published in
Business Information ReviewVolume
32Issue
4Pages
220 - 230 (11)Citation
MORTON, J., BECKFORD, J. and COOKE, L., 2015. Towards a Rosetta Stone for translating data between information systems. Business Information Review, 32 (4), pp. 220 - 230.Publisher
SAGE Publications / © The AuthorsVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Publication date
2015Notes
This article was accepted for publication in the journal, Business Information Review [Sage Publications / © The Authors]. The definitive version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0266382115616235ISSN
1741-6450Publisher version
Language
- en