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Start Date
11-12-2016 12:00 AM
Description
Within previous work we explained how data structures are critical to ‘scaffolding’ intra-institutional ontology. The current paper extends this theorization of the institutional ‘mechanics’ of data structures by examining the role that data structures play in constituting inter-institutional ontology. Building upon the work of Searle, we also explain how data structures are critical to inter-institutional deontology - the constitution of rights and responsibilities associated with inter-institutional actors and action. We ground our theorization in the case of information sharing in the supply chain and describe how this mundane domain of inter-institutional action is form-ed through the articulation of data structures. We also explain how certain breakdowns in inter-institutional action can be made sense of in terms of the scaffolding of data structures.
Deconstructing information sharing
Within previous work we explained how data structures are critical to ‘scaffolding’ intra-institutional ontology. The current paper extends this theorization of the institutional ‘mechanics’ of data structures by examining the role that data structures play in constituting inter-institutional ontology. Building upon the work of Searle, we also explain how data structures are critical to inter-institutional deontology - the constitution of rights and responsibilities associated with inter-institutional actors and action. We ground our theorization in the case of information sharing in the supply chain and describe how this mundane domain of inter-institutional action is form-ed through the articulation of data structures. We also explain how certain breakdowns in inter-institutional action can be made sense of in terms of the scaffolding of data structures.