Course details

Information Systems

IIS Acad. year 2017/2018 Winter semester 4 credits

Current academic year

Information system as a special case of a system. Kinds of information systems OLAP and OLTP. History of information systems. Technology of information system with relational database system building. Internet type of information system. Technology of client and server programming (JavaScript and PHP). Technology of XML language.

Guarantor

Hruška Tomáš, prof. Ing., CSc. (DIFS)

Language of instruction

Czech, English

Completion

Credit+Examination (written)

Time span

  • 26 hrs lectures
  • 13 hrs projects

Assessment points

  • 51 pts final exam (written part)
  • 19 pts mid-term test (written part)
  • 30 pts projects

Department

Department of Information Systems (UIFS)

Subject specific learning outcomes and competences

Ability to model especially economic reality in the information system. Ability and knowledge to implement information systems under database technologies in the internet environment.

Learning objectives

To obtain common overview of information system branch. To get basic knowledge of information systems based on the relational database technology. To get basic knowledge of communication part of IS based on internet technology.

Recommended prerequisites

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

relational database theory, computer networks and protocols

Syllabus of lectures

  1. Information and information system, basic terms, model and its presentation, classification.
  2. Consistence, basic data structures, structure, collection, object.
  3. Serialization - basic formats.   
  4. Serialization - markup languages SGML/XML (DTD)   
  5. Serialization - XML, DOM
  6. Visualization - HTML, XPath, XSLT.
  7. Visualization - extended, DOM manipulation, JavaScript, client JavaScript.
  8. Server - PHP, information systems application on server, database connection.
  9. Information Systems Architecture - distributed information systems. 
  10. OLTP - processes and their models, transactions.
  11. Methodology of OLTP information system design, three-teer architecture, example.
  12. OLAP information systems, data warehouses   
  13. Other information systems..

Progress assessment

At least 25 points obtainable during the semester (checking of the continuous and project).

Controlled instruction

The minimal number of points which can be obtained from the final exam is 20. Otherwise, no points will be assign to the student.

Course inclusion in study plans

  • Programme IT-BC-3, field BIT, 3rd year of study, Compulsory
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