[Sigia-l] RE: Data vs. Information

[Luther, Ron]

Sorry ... that was meant to be 'on list'.

-----Original Message-----
From: Luther, Ron 

Hi Ziya,

... an 'opportunity'?     ;-)

Data is what the client has. Information is what they want.  

I think they can not only be similar, but even identical.  Consider a small 
company.  They have a data table somewhere containing their open sales order 
data.  Creating a simple report to display that table provides that client 
with access and thereby turns the data into information.

My 2¢,

RonL.

-----Original Message-----
From: Listera [mailto:listera at rcn.com]

So my question is (after the proverbial falling tree in a forest) what do 
we call what's data to some and information to another?

Ziya