Re: [Air-l] Information and knowledge

on 10/12/05 1:27 AM, clifford tatum at clifford@u.washington.edu wrote:

can you -- or anyone else on the list -- point me to references on the distinction between information and knowledge?

here are two that i know of:

It sounds like you are talking about DIKW hierarchy? The seminal work: Ackoff, R. L., "From Data to Wisdom", Journal of Applies Systems Analysis, Volume 16, 1989 p 3-9. See http://www-personal.si.umich.edu/~nsharma/dikw_origin.htm for a history on the development of this approach. Best, Michael -- Michael Arnold Mages mailto:marnoldm@du.edu Digital Media Studies University of Denver, USA --