Design of information architecture with Enterprise Ontology approach: A case study in West Java Educational Quality Assurance Institution

Information is enterprise asset and resource. Information planning that comply with business characteristics and strategies can improve service performance, productivity, and effectiveness of inter-and intra-organizational information management. Information architecture is a form of information planning as a base for information control, decision making, and IT development. The meaning and role of information has encourages LPMP to develop information architecture that can support education quality improvement. Knowledge and understanding of an organization is an important part for information architecture development. The organization essence can be obtained from Enterprise Ontology concept and become a part of business architecture. Enterprise Ontology is implemented through Design and Engineering Methodology for Organizations (DEMO). It´s expressed ontological construction m odels in generic organizational design to synthesize transactional patterns and services which based on the organization core concept and communication. Results of design represent information elements i.e. actor, data, and transactional services of LPMP. Relations of information elements can be represented in information traceability conceptual model that shows information flows space. This model can be reviewed with performance indicators to guide the potential information control organization activities.