[Sigia-l] Data, information, knowledge, wisdom

[Boniface Lau]

> From: Groot, Boyd de
>  
> What is a "bigger convention" to one might differ for another, as
> the examples of the differences in dateformat between the US and
> Canada (and Europe) have shown. 

But the point was that it was the implied bigger convention in Tom's
example that made the difference in the meaningfulness between
"010101" and "January 1, 2001".

Having a different bigger convention means you are no longer dealing
with the same example.


[...]
> Again this illustrates that the presence of people and the context is
> important.

But that was not the case in Tom's example. In that example, the
difference in meaningfulness was not due to the presence or absence of
people.


Boniface