11AddressingQualityRequirementsinGISArchitecturesIbrahimHabliGISServicesDivisionKhatib&Alami(CEC)LebanonTimKellyDepartmentofComputerScienceUniversityofYorkUnitedKingdomTS14.1SIMandQualityFromPharaohstoGeoinformatics,FIGWorkingWeek2005andGSDI-8,Cairo,EgyptApril16-21,20052HighQualityGISAttentionisoftenpaidtoGISfunctionalitiesHowever,qualityaspectsareinsufficientlyaddressed.AGISwouldbe: IneffectiveIneffectiveifitsprocessingmissesdeadlines UnreliableUnreliableifitisnotavailablewhenitshouldbe UnusableUnusableifitisdifficulttounderstandHence,highqualityGISsystemsdependonqualities,suchas Efficiency Reliability Usability Security3ProblemswithGISQualityRequirementsComplexityandlargevolumeofgeographicinformationOftennotsystematicallycaptured&documentedCommontofindambiguousstatementssuchas: