Synopsis: a brief outline or general view, as of a subject or written work; an abstract or a summary. [The American Heritage Dictionary]

Technology synopsis is realized via modular concept and reference topics, properly arranged in one or more topic maps to provide a concise subject matter overview, supported by linked relevant resources.

Informatics refer to the broad field of digitally manipulating information: structuring, storage, processing, retrieval, access, etc. It is used here in the context of supporting domain-specific knowledge development and management.

Topic-based information development, mapping, and taxonomy; apply desirable documentation feaures of structure, minimalism, re-use, and single-source multi-channel publishing.

ICT is the contemporary term that refers to the convergence of information and communications sciences, as reflected in the industrial disciplines of telecommunications and IT, at various levels and facets. Convergence aims at providing configurable sets of services, largely independent on terminal access devices, location, and network access method; over a seamless core network infrastructure.

ICT convergence is driven by a continuum of advances in hardware, software, and telecommunications capabilities; exchanging synergies and creating 'endless' end user possibilities. Evolution towards converged service provisioning and consumption may take various paths from current state-of-the-art in each of the constituent industry disciplines.

The ICT market has swiftly shaped into systems developers (aka suppliers, vendors) and service providers, along with a median spectrum of solutions providers and systems integrators. At the other end, there are the end-user consumers of services (the beneficiaries). All parties are concerned with many aspects of a highly exponentially growing technologies, services, solutions, and management practices.

Convergence is shaping at three levels: 1) infrastrcture; 2) services; and 3) access devices. Each of these levels is dependent on enabling hardware and software technologies, as well as performant systems architecture: novel hardware devices driven by material innovation; software platforms, middleware, framweworks, and languages; communications protocols; and high performance network and computing systems.

Convergence is guided by continuously evolving technical standards and management best practices. It is on the hand synergized by extended end user applications at the indvidual, professional, enterprise, industrial, and governmental facets.

The conceived synopses are meant to focus on interconnecting management best practices with respect to currently convergent user-centric access and device technologies and consequently enabled/enbling services. Topics mostly relate to description (of access methods, services and protocols, devices and applications), standards, best practices, features, and technical specifications. The objective is to foster synergies for state-of-the-art awareness and innovation, rather than delve into technical detail that are redily available within their respective contexts. It is about human-thought, automation-assited, domain specific knowledge development.

Each section in this portal is itself a map of topics. A brief conceptual 'synopsis' is provided to describe the subject matter. An underlying map, rendered to WebHelp or other format, may be available for browsing. Maps of information are simply arrangeable topic groups, and may be nested within broader maps to present a specific domain profile. Individual topics may include links to related resources. Maps may include relation tables linking concept and refernce information; within their respective contexts.