[Sigia-l] What is in a definition?

[Marcia Morante]

Bob Boiko distinguishes among these terms and others in Chapter 5 (What is
Content Really) of The Content Management Bible.

Marcia Morante
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: sigia-l-admin at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-admin at asis.org]On Behalf Of
> Donna M. Fritzsche
> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 12:00 PM
> To: MacPherson, Darcy J; Sigia-l at asis.org
> Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] What is in a definition?
>
>
> Darcy,
> Interesting questions.  The other word to throw into the mix is Content.
>
> I have seen the three: data, information, and content used similarly.
> More often, I see overlap between content and information (when does
> information become content? when is content not information?) and
> data and information (what makes data informative?  Is all data
> information?  Is all information based on data?)
>
> Good Luck!
> Donna
>
> At 3:01 PM -0700 10/15/03, MacPherson, Darcy J wrote:
> >I would like to get some comments on the use of the terms: Data and
> >Information
> >
> >I have submitted some questions to help guide the thoughts on this.
> >
> >How does the organization use the terms
> >Which term has value
> >Does one have more value than the other
> >How does the organization define the terms
> >How does the organization keep the terms straight (i.e. glossary,
> >controlled vocabulary, etc)
> >Has the organization made a conscious effort to use one term over the
> >other and how is/was that accomplished
> >If the terminology data or information is not used, what term is used
> >Is/was the organization successful in guiding the organization to move
> >away from the use of data as strictly a database term
> >What is the organization's definition of the terms
> >
> >Any other two cents to offer
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Darcy J MacPherson
> >BCA Information Architecture
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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