[Sigia-l] data as information?

[Listera]

Dan Saffer:
> The creation of meaning is done outside the data, by some sort of
> intelligence that can turn data into information.

For the sake of this argument, this is not in contention.

> Only by making data  (or more precisely, multiple datum) into information
> ("The population  of New York City is 6,000,000") can we seen the relationship
> between  datum (ie New York City and 6,000,000).

So you are saying NYC and 6MM are two pieces of data and the fact that the
latter is the population figure for the former is information. Assuming that
is so, how does that jive with "[Data] is the evidence of a relationship
between two things"? What is the datum here as "the evidence of a
relationship between" NYC and 6MM? Your "explanation" indicates population
relationship as information. Where's the data as "the evidence of a
relationship between two things"?

Ziya
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