· What is the Pubilc informatiom system?

: information systems available for public use.

· What is “public use”?

1. Do public information systems deal with public data (only)?

2. Should public information systems (and their outputs) be public goods - free of charge?

3. To what extent are public information systems associated with public authorities and institutions?

· “public information system” may be analysed from three perspectives:

1. a pragmatic perspective: why, and for wat purposes, are public information systems required?

2. a semantic perspective: what are the contents of public information systems?

3. a syntactic perspective: how are public information systems constructed?

The actors involved in a public information system will usually belong to the following three categories:

1. private persons and households/families in their roles as citizens, clients, customers.

2. business companies and other types of organisatioms, e.g. non-profit organisations.

3. government agencies and institutions on different levels (central, regional, local)

citizen/government interactions (C↔G)

business/government interactions (B↔G)

citizen/business interactions (C↔B)

citizen/citizen interactions (P↔P)

business/business interactions (B↔B)

agency/agency interactions (G↔G)