Re: cdt glossary 0.1.0 [Data]

mAsterdam wrote:
> (reflected a change on wikipedia)
> [Data]
> "Known facts that can be recorded and have implicit meaning."
> -- Fundamentals of Database Systems, Elmasri & Navathe.
>
> When people discuss data in the context of database,
> they are usually talking of something with meaning.
> There are people who think that data doesn't need
> to mean anything. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information

sorry, wrong link. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_is_not_data

> (currently) says "information has meaning (i.e.: can inform),
> while data does not. ".
> Somehow this "data has no meaning" idea has caught on.
>
> 1a. facts
> 1b. a record on a medium of some fact in the real world.
> 2. encoded information
> 3. a combination of sign and meaning
Received on Fri Feb 24 2006 - 22:49:55 CET