Types of Information
Fondamental :
Buckland exposes the different types of information available.
Définition : Data
Information that has been analyzed or processed. For example, records that are stored in a computer.
Today this type of information is very important, especially as engineers, because we use it in order to get a use out of it.
Définition : Text and Documents
Text-bearing objects that are not limited to papers, letters, books but can also include images or sounds.
Remarque : Objects
Buckland believes that objects should not be rejected as information because they can be just as informative as data or text. For example, it would be difficult to know about dinosaurs without their fossils.
Remarque : Events
Events can be considered just as informative as documents or data but are much harder to be collect or represent, however not impossible. Their representations could consist of photos, recordings or reports.
It is important to point out that in the scientific community, experiments are considered informative events and they must be described in such detail in order for them to be replicated.
