[Sigia-l] data as information?

[Dan Saffer]

Dick Buchanan broke this data/information/context thing down pretty  
well:

"What is data? It's the evidence of a relationship between two  
things. We tend to confuse data with fact. Data alone has no meaning.  
The number 4683 is an example of data. Without knowing anything else,  
the data is meaningless. Datas are the simples of existance; simple  
in that they are uninterpreted.

Fact is the interpretation of data. Or, to put it another way, data  
in context. Facts have meaning. If data are nouns, facts are whole  
sentences. Only in interpreting and connecting do we find out what is  
meaningful."

http://www.odannyboy.com/blog/cmu/archives/000651.html



Dan Saffer
Sr. Interaction Designer, Adaptive Path
http://www.adaptivepath.com
http://www.odannyboy.com