[Sigia-l] What is in a definition?

[Donna M. Fritzsche]

Darcy,
Interesting questions.  The other word to throw into the mix is Content.

I have seen the three: data, information, and content used similarly. 
More often, I see overlap between content and information (when does 
information become content? when is content not information?) and 
data and information (what makes data informative?  Is all data 
information?  Is all information based on data?)

Good Luck!
Donna

At 3:01 PM -0700 10/15/03, MacPherson, Darcy J wrote:
>I would like to get some comments on the use of the terms: Data and
>Information
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>I have submitted some questions to help guide the thoughts on this.
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>How does the organization use the terms
>Which term has value
>Does one have more value than the other
>How does the organization define the terms
>How does the organization keep the terms straight (i.e. glossary,
>controlled vocabulary, etc)
>Has the organization made a conscious effort to use one term over the
>other and how is/was that accomplished
>If the terminology data or information is not used, what term is used
>Is/was the organization successful in guiding the organization to move
>away from the use of data as strictly a database term
>What is the organization's definition of the terms
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>Any other two cents to offer
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>Thanks
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>Darcy J MacPherson
>BCA Information Architecture
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