[Sigia-l] Serious Discussion of IA Research?

[Boniface Lau]

> From: Ed Housman
> 
> Hmm.. I don't see "Info vs. Data" as the basic barrier. What we call
> the stuff is not a black-or-white issue. Probably it is a matter of
> context. It's Info when the stuff is critical for a decision; it's
> Data when it's just that pulsing gooie subtance that holds a system
> together ... that maintains the routine flow of bit patterns among
> cooperating nodes.

IOW, there is no fundamental difference between information and data.


Boniface