Up to now, information platform has not been defined universally, and has become a common term, such as patent information platform, logistics information platform, securities information platform, agricultural information platform and so on.
So, what exactly is an information platform? Judging from the commonly used information platforms at present, information platforms have the following characteristics:
(1) information platform is a platform for information companies to publish information. For example, patent information platform mainly publishes patent information, agricultural information platform mainly publishes agricultural information, and meteorological information platform mainly publishes meteorological information.
(2) The information platform is a platform for information users to query the required information. For example, you can search the book information you need on the book information platform. This information can be text information, picture information or video information.
(3) Information platform is a platform for interactive communication between information users and publishers. Interact on the information platform, whether online or offline in time.
The so-called information platform refers to a platform that integrates various application systems, data resources and Internet resources under the Internet environment, and provides information services such as information publishing, inquiry and interaction for information subjects.
As can be seen from the definition of information platform, information platform includes the following contents:
(1) Information platform provides information services. Generally speaking, information service mainly includes information release, information inquiry and information interaction.
(2) The service object of the information platform is the information subject. Information subjects include information providers, users, intermediaries and managers.
(3) The builder (maintainer) of the information platform is also the information subject. It can be an information provider, user, intermediary or manager.
(4) The information platform provides information services by using the Internet under the Internet environment.
8. 1.2 information platform classification
There are many classification methods of information platforms, which can be divided into different categories according to different classification standards.
According to the types of industry information provided by the information platform, it can be divided into agricultural information platform, logistics information platform, education information platform, financial information platform, mineral resources information platform, water conservancy information platform and so on.
According to the purpose of information platform construction, it can be divided into public information platform and non-public information platform. Non-public information platforms include commercial information platforms and entertainment information platforms. For example, e-commerce platforms, e-trading platforms and mobile e-commerce platforms all belong to business information platforms, and game service platforms, chat service platforms and forum service platforms all belong to entertainment information platforms.
According to different information subjects, it can be divided into supplier information platform, user information platform, manager information platform and intermediary information platform. The supplier information platform mainly publishes the information service information of suppliers, such as product information. The user information platform mainly publishes demand information, such as job hunting information; The management information platform mainly publishes relevant policies, regulations, rules and system information; Intermediary information platform mainly publishes relevant supplier information and demand information, and interacts with it, such as various marriage websites.