An information model of interagency communication based on distributed data storage

Abstract

The organization of interagency communication is largely determined by accepted practice from the information model, by the principles which are used for the development of standards for information exchange and by the methods used to bring government reports into conformance with those standards. In world practice various models are applied. This article presents a comparative analysis of these models and proposes a variation of the information model that is based on distributed data storage. The proposed model answers the needs for flexibility and expandability, and also offers an opportunity to distribute responsibility and ensure a sufficient level of security of government data. The basis for interagency communication in the proposed model is a three-layer data hub, including a general hub, an object field hub, and an object-oriented portion of the hub. Horizontal and vertical connection among the separate parts of the hub is accomplished by means of a model of intermodel connections.