Definitions of Information Infrastructure
“Technological and non-technological elements that are linked” (Hanseth and Monteiro 1996).
“Information infrastructures can, as formative contexts, shape not only the work routines, but also the ways people look at practices, consider them 'natural' and give them their overarching character of necessity. Infrastructure becomes an essential factor shaping the taken-for-grantedness of organizational practices” (Ciborra and Hanseth 1998).
“The technological and human components, networks, systems, and processes that contribute to the functioning of the health information system” (Braa et al. 2007).
“The set of organizational practices, technical infrastructure and social norms that collectively provide for the smooth operation of scientific work at a distance (Edwards et al. 2007).
“A shared, evolving, heterogeneous installed base of IT capabilities developed on open and standardized interfaces” (Hanseth and Lyytinen 2008).
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