drs G. Houtzagers wrote:
> You are on the right track and yes we have a problem with the terms
> information and knowledge. However also knowledge is perishable, but not
> all knowledge is perisable.
In my view of the world, there is data, information, knowledge and
wisdom. I find it interesting (and amusing) that the computer world
started with "Data Processing", then became "Information Processing", is
trying for "Knowledge Management", and I expect "Wisdom Generation" will
emerge in a few years time.
It seems to me that the discussion becomes clouded with value issues,
for example, information is judged, by some, to be more valueable than
data, hence the progression from data processing to information
processing. Is knowledge of a competitor's marketing strategy for the
year 2000 any less knowledge in the year 2001 than it was in 1999? It
is certainly of less commercial value but is it no longer knowledge? Is
the context not part of the knowledge?
Roy Benford
Fulmer, UK
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