Buzzword Compliance:

• Collaborative - Encourage collaboration at all levels.

• Cooperative - Get along with existing systems and procedures.

• Evolutionary - Evolve out of existing information systems.

• Independent - Not tied to any language, OS, tool set, etc.

• Modular - Pieces should simply "plug together".

• Orthogonal - Minimize redundant information.

• Scalable - Avoid (foreseeable :-) limits to growth.

• Standardized - Adopt standards if available; otherwise create them.

• Voluntary - Don't require participation, let alone assistance.