Information as Evidence
Fondamental :
Buckland states that evidence is an appropriate term to designate information because « it denotes something related to understanding, something which, if found and correctly understood, could change one's knowledge, one's beliefs, concerning some matter. »
Information as Thing[1] (p. 353)
Définition : Evidence
"The available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid."
Remarque :
A key characteristic of evidence is that it is passive, only humans can use it or manipulate it.
This means that humans are responsible for determining what could be considered information.
Exemple :
Evidence is manipulable because « human beings do things with it or to it. They examine it, describe it, and categorize it. They understand, misunderstand, interpret, summarize, or rebut it. They may even try to fake it, alter it, hide it, or destroy it. »
Information as Thing[1] (p. 353)
