Information as thing

@article{citeulike:225218, abstract = {Three meanings of information are distinguished: Information-as-process; information-as-knowledge; and information-as-thing, the attributive use of information to denote things regarded as informative. The nature and characteristics of information-as-thing are discussed, using an indirect approach (What things are informative?). Varieties of information-as-thing include data, text, documents, objects, and events. On this view information includes but extends beyond communication. Whatever information storage and retrieval systems store and retrieve is necessarily information-as-thing.These three meanings of information, along with information processing, offer a basis for classifying disparate information-related activities (e.g., rhetoric, bibliographic retrieval, statistical analysis) and, thereby, suggest a topography for information science.}, author = {Buckland, Michael K. }, citeulike-article-id = {225218}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(199106)42:5\%3C351::AID-ASI5\%3E3.0.CO;2-3}, issn = {1097-4571}, journal = {Journal of the American Society for Information Science}, keywords = {information\_retrieval, information\_theory}, month = {January}, number = {5}, pages = {351--360}, posted-at = {2008-02-10 18:24:54}, priority = {2}, title = {Information as thing}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(199106)42:5\%3C351::AID-ASI5\%3E3.0.CO;2-3}, volume = {42}, year = {1999} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:225218 L3 - citeulike-article-id:225218 TI - Information as thing JF - Journal of the American Society for Information Science VL - 42 IS - 5 SP - 351 EP - 360 SN - 1097-4571 N2 - Three meanings of information are distinguished: Information-as-process; information-as-knowledge; and information-as-thing, the attributive use of information to denote things regarded as informative. The nature and characteristics of information-as-thing are discussed, using an indirect approach (What things are informative?). Varieties of information-as-thing include data, text, documents, objects, and events. On this view information includes but extends beyond communication. Whatever information storage and retrieval systems store and retrieve is necessarily information-as-thing.These three meanings of information, along with information processing, offer a basis for classifying disparate information-related activities (e.g., rhetoric, bibliographic retrieval, statistical analysis) and, thereby, suggest a topography for information science. KW - information_retrieval KW - information_theory AU - Buckland, Michael PY - 1999/01/07/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(199106)42:5%3C351::AID-ASI5%3E3.0.CO;2-3 ER -