A modelling language for transparency requirements in business information systems

Mahmood Hosseini*, Alimohammad Shahri, Keith Phalp, Raian Ali

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Transparency is a requirement of businesses and their information systems. It is typically linked to positive ethical and economic attributes, such as trust and accountability. Despite its importance, transparency is often studied as a secondary concept and viewed through the lenses of adjacent concepts such as security, privacy and regulatory requirements. This has led to a reduced ability to manage transparency and deal with its peculiarities as a first-class requirement. Ad-hoc introduction of transparency may have adverse effects, such as information overload and reduced collaboration. We propose a modelling language for capturing and analysing transparency requirements amongst stakeholders in a business information system. Our language is based on four reference models which are, in turn, based on our extensive multi-disciplinary analysis of the literature on transparency. As a proof of concept, we apply our modelling language and the analysis enabled by it on a case study of marking exam papers.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvanced Information Systems Engineering - 28th International Conference, CAiSE 2016, Proceedings
EditorsSelmin Nurcan, Pnina Soffer, Marko Bajec, Johann Eder
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages239-254
Number of pages16
ISBN (Print)9783319396958
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes
Event28th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2016 - Ljubljana, Slovenia
Duration: 13 Jun 201617 Jun 2016

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume9694
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference28th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2016
Country/TerritorySlovenia
CityLjubljana
Period13/06/1617/06/16

Keywords

  • TranspLan modelling language
  • Transparency analysis
  • Transparency engineering
  • Transparency requirements

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