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@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}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(199106)42:5%3C351::AID-ASI5%3E3.0.CO;2-3}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/10049442/ABSTRACT}, day = {7}, doi = {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-science}, month = {January}, number = {5}, pages = {351--360}, posted-at = {2009-02-27 15:24:55}, priority = {0}, 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 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. IS - 5 JF - Journal of the American Society for Information Science SN - 1097-4571 EP - 360 TI - Information as thing VL - 42 SP - 351 KW - information-science 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 -