Semantic modeling for school information system (SIS)

Abstract

The influence of information and communication technology (ICT) brings a shift from industrial economy to knowledge economy (k-economy). Schools and educational institutions are forced to follow the trend, aligned with their roles in educating and producing knowledgeable citizens. An integrated information system requires a good data modeling technique. REA (Resource-Event-Agent) data model is a solution for this situation, using semantic modeling and thus building value chain. This study intends to model the school information system (SIS) using REA data modeling method, using a real case study to implement the model. Microsoft Access 2000 is used as both, the database and interface. It is not, at this stage, to compare with other techniques because this REA modeling is still under initial stage. The focus is more on the client server environment, and the next stage is to link the SIS to the Internet to take advantage of the REA semantic modeling.