Information as Thing Export

@article{citeulike:392309, 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}, citeulike-article-id = {392309}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/~buckland/thing.html}, journal = {Journal of the American Society of Information Science}, keywords = {communication, conceptual, information}, month = {June}, number = {5}, pages = {351--360}, posted-at = {2005-11-14 13:28:12}, priority = {2}, title = {Information as Thing}, url = {http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/~buckland/thing.html}, volume = {42}, year = {1991} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:392309 L3 - citeulike-article-id:392309 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 of Information Science EP - 360 TI - Information as Thing VL - 42 SP - 351 KW - communication KW - conceptual KW - information AU - Buckland, Michael PY - 1991/06// UR - http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/~buckland/thing.html ER -