This paper presents a proposed decision support system (DSS) framework based
on extended use of metadata to include business concepts, which improves system usability,
flexibility, data legibility and provides an enhanced level of integration between various
components of the DSS infrastructure in a complex enterprise environment. Firstly, the
critical issues of the current decision environment are analyzed.
Then, the proposed framework and its general architectural model are introduced.
The paper gives charts illustrating the framework operational procedures.