Robert Peake, enterprise architect in the interface and integration department of NSW Police, said new taxonomies are being created for data collaboration across agencies.

However, Peake said a plan this large cannot be managed as a simple project or necessary development will be circumvented for "all the wrong reasons".

Speaking at the Telelogic user conference in Sydney last week, he said Police wanted to align its architecture with global standards.

"We wanted new taxonomies that allowed agencies to band with us and collaborate, but there was hardly any business architecture or information architecture acceptable as a standard; we had to develop our own," Peake said.

As a result, Police developed a repository system and use System Architect.