[Sigia-l] Serious Discussion of IA Research?

[Boniface Lau]

> From: Conal Tuohy
>  
> Data are the raw facts, stored in a database or whatever. NB 
> "Data" is a noun. 
> 
> "Information" on the other hand, is really a verb. Information is
> something that data DOES. If data is "informative", then it becomes
> information (or if you like, it participates in a process of
> information). It informs. Hence data which is not transmitted is not
> information.
> 
> So drawing a distinction between them on the basis of them being
> "different things" is mistaken (a "category mistake"). 

Let me see... the word "information" is really a verb, and therefore
treating it as a noun is a "category mistake"?

When will you publish your own version of the English language?


Boniface