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The Computer Journal 1987 30(2):97-109; doi:10.1093/comjnl/30.2.97
© 1987 by British Computer Society
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Themes and Trends in Information Systems*: TC8, 1975-1985

A. Verrijn-Stuart §

Institute of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Leiden, Wassenaarsweg 80, Postbus 9512, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands

The current trends in the field of information systems derive from foundations laid in the 1960s, when information structuring began being formalised and information as such was first recognised as an important organisational asset. In 1975 the IFIP Technical Committee on ‘Information Systems’ (TC8) was established. Its conference proceedings to data reflect the evolution of modern thinking in the field.

The original emphasis on the use of computer-based information systems in the context of central organisational control has given way to an approach in which more specialised decision support is aimed at. The modern expert system as well as the emerging office information systems may be viewed as constituting forms of purposeful decentralisation.

Two themes dominate the design methodology: formalisation (in particular, functional specification) and generalised implementation (i.e. the development of automated tools, application generators, etc.). The latter are expected to have most practical impact. Meanwhile research continues into the significance and use of ‘information’ as such.

Received August 1985.

* This paper is adapted from contributions to IFIP's 25th anniversary celebration proceedings32 and TC8's 10th anniversary anthology.39

§ Institute of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Leiden, Wassenaarsweg 80, Postbus 9512, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands


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