Re: cdt glossary 0.1.0 [Data]

mAsterdam wrote:
> 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.

I'm not seeing any information (and only a little data ;-) at that link. Has it been deleted? --dawn Received on Sat Feb 25 2006 - 01:04:34 CET