Some approaches to forming regulatory and technical base for creation of unified information space of Russia

Targets of forming and developing the Russian Federation unified information space are determined relying on federal level regulatory and legal documents. The article defines the generalized composition of the unified information space based on aggregation of information resources and information infrastructure of the country. Authors created the definition of a Member of the space as a principle producer and customer of information resources. The article identifies three main problems of creating and using a unified information space considering the real conditions of informatization of the country. Based on the systemic approach, the article determines general principal theses regarding creation and usage of a unified information space. The article formulates the approach and proposals for documentation of a unified information space as a megasystemincludingsevenabsolutelynew typesofdocuments. Theresultscan serve as the basis for further investigations concerning creation and interaction of information resources associated with the unified information space of the Russian Federation.