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{{Quotation|'''Data''' is simple facts, lacking any context. If data doesn't inform us, it's not information. Or equally valid, without context data it is simply the raw material from which we depart to understanding. 07012007 is data, that can hold many meanings, a date, a batch number, an anniversary...|[Dürsteler, 2007]}} | {{Quotation|'''Data''' is simple facts, lacking any context. If data doesn't inform us, it's not information. Or equally valid, without context data it is simply the raw material from which we depart to understanding. 07012007 is data, that can hold many meanings, a date, a batch number, an anniversary...|[Dürsteler, 2007]}} | ||
see also: [[Data]], [[Information]], [[Knowledge]], [[Wisdom]] | see also: [[Data]], [[Information]], [[Knowledge]], [[Wisdom]] | ||
Revision as of 09:49, 11 January 2007
Data is simple facts, lacking any context. If data doesn't inform us, it's not information. Or equally valid, without context data it is simply the raw material from which we depart to understanding. 07012007 is data, that can hold many meanings, a date, a batch number, an anniversary...
[Dürsteler, 2007]
see also: Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom
References
[Dürsteler, 2007] Juan C. Dürsteler, Diagrams for Visualisation, Inf@Vis! (The digital magazine of InfoVis.net), Created at: Jan. 7, 2007, Retrieved at: Jan. 11, 2007, http://www.infovis.net/printMag.php?num=186&lang=2