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APM.1029.00.02
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12 July 1998External Paper
Enterprise Computing: ODP as an instrument ofhegemony
David Iggulden, John Dobson and Richard Veryard
Abstract
This paper is an un-refereed position paper into the ‘Advanced Informatics in Medicine’ workshopof the September 1993 International Conference on Open Distributed Processing being held inBerlin.The paper makes use of part of a case study carried out by the ORDIT project to illustrate the useof ODP concepts.
 
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Contents
1 Enterprise Computing: ODP as an instrument of hegemony1 1 Enterprise Computing
1 1.1 Introduction1 1.2 Issues of complexity2 1.3 Issues of distribution2 1.4 The choice of architecture as a political statement2 1.5 Elucidating the relations - the work of the Enterprise Computing Project
3 2 A Hospital Example
3 2.1 Background to the example3 2.2 The example4 2.3 Constituencies - irreconcilable views?4 2.4 Changing rôles
4 3 Conclusions
4 3.1 Using ODP to understand the issues4 3.2 Using ODP to provide the technology5 3.3 ODP as an instrument of hegemony
5 References
 
APM.1029.00.02 Enterprise Computing: ODP as an instrument of hegemony
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Enterprise Computing: ODP as an instrument of hegemony
David Iggulden
1
, John Dobson
2
and Richard Veryard
3
Abstract
This position paper makes use of ODP enterprise language concepts in understanding therelationship between an information systems architecture and the politics of ownership forthe system.The focus is conflict resolution - between views occurring in the enterprise that arefundamentally opposed but which need to co-exist and to interact.Resolution of conflict is not strictly the province of ODP. However, the nature of the supportprovided by an ODP infrastructure must allow the system to respond to any changes madein the organisational structure and policy.The application of basic ODP concepts is illustrated by part of an example of tertiarymedical care provided by the ORDIT project. This brief example raises a number of issuesof how ODP concepts could be applied to a model of system development.
1 Enterprise Computing
1.1 Introduction
Work on a methodology for the development of open distributed processing systems istaking place in the UK Government-funded Enterprise Computing Project. Part of thework of the project is concerned with the development of a business case methodology forODP systems.
1.2 Issues of complexity
In designing large, distributed, heterogeneous systems we need to deal with complexitiesas well as the issues of distribution. Complexities are of two kinds. The first is concernedwith sheer size and the second with problems of understanding the sophistication of thesystem.In order to deal with complexity due to size it may be convenient to partition problems intosets of concerns. One way of viewing the partition is in terms of solution methods andtechniques. Solving conflicts using non-standard logics
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