Abstract
The design of domain specific information systems, like Emergency Management Systems, has to rely on the participation of experts with different backgrounds. Such multi-disciplinary process is often characterized by misunderstandings and communication problems. In this context, design patterns might be a useful tool to communicate ideas since patterns collect solutions to recurrent problems in a domain using a language that should be understandable by a general audience with no technical knowledge. In this paper we introduce a catalog of design patterns for Web-based Emergency Management Systems (WEMS). We have used three sources to find out patterns: design principles for WEMS, existing WEMS and design patterns from related design areas including interaction, ubiquitous computing or security. Furthermore, the catalog is deployed as a collaborative web application so that designers can navigate through the patterns space but they can also make the collection grow adding their own expertise.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Management of the Interconnected World - ItAIS |
Subtitle of host publication | The Italian Association for Information Systems |
Publisher | Physica-Verlag |
Pages | 387-394 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783790824032 |
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Publication status | Published - 2010 |
Event | 6th Conference of the Italian Chapter of the Association for Information Systems, ItAIS 2009 - Olbia, Italy Duration: 2 Oct 2009 → 3 Oct 2009 |
Conference
Conference | 6th Conference of the Italian Chapter of the Association for Information Systems, ItAIS 2009 |
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Country/Territory | Italy |
City | Olbia |
Period | 2/10/09 → 3/10/09 |