Abstract
The article presents a system of information support for innovation activity, which takes into account the specific information needs of users at various stages of the innovation life cycle. According to the results of a survey of innovative enterprises in Russia and Kazakhstan, a description of the problem situation is given. The features of the information needs of innovative enterprises at various stages of the innovation life cycle are characterized. The proposed model of the innovation life cycle (generation of ideas — research work — development work — release of an experimental batch — market launch — growth — saturation — decline — withdrawal from the market) is described in relation to external information resources. The functioning of the innovation information support system is based on the formation and subsequent use of a meta-information database (metadata database) containing a description of information resources relevant to the tasks of each stage of the innovation life cycle. In terms of architecture, the innovation support system is built as an information portal, which contains meta-information both about the information resources of the territory (in our case, this is Kazakhstan) and about the resources of other countries. The description of the conceptual model of the innovation support information system, including the sequence diagram and the functional model, is given.