Information and Knowledge

Information and knowledge In the era of modern information and communication, the position of people in the world depends on what the person knows. As a human being, we think that what we believe is true and often think that knowledge is stored in our brains. But there is no doubt that it is not true just because your belief in something does not necessarily produce knowledge. For example, I can believe that President Clinton will be assassinated before resigning later this year. This does not mean that I understand this event; it is just a fortunate guess (if it does).

In "information for things", Buckland highlighted the three principles of information: information process, information knowledge and information stuff. Information is knowledge, definitions of facts, themes and events. It is intangible and needs to be conveyed and transmitted through two other principles. For example, English as a language is a kind of knowledge. However, you can not contact others unless you mention it on a textbook or videotape. This is where you are ready to use information about objects such as data and documents (in this case textbooks). By using these tangible documents you can spread knowledge and spread it so that you can use it. This is a problem that the information system directly processes. In the third principle, the informationizing process defines the contextual behavior of communication or the authenticity of being given information. For example, I know that dinosaurs live in Odegor.

According to Buckland, information is the term used for information objects. Information is a tangible entity compared to information as knowledge. It can be regarded as knowledge or information in physical form. Because it is visible, people can handle it, which is why it is the focus of the information system. For example, after deciding the new design of the car, I drew a picture of the car on paper with a pen. The image on paper is like information

The figure above is David McCandless's DIKW (abbreviation for data, information, knowledge, wisdom), which represents the hierarchy of data, information, knowledge and wisdom. It is worth noting that there is a clear boundary in the middle of the pyramid. Data and information are gathered by us and knowledge and wisdom are created by us. I will output the important part of a good KMS. Reading books, watching videos and receiving lectures is all about getting information. Books and lectures belong to the wisdom or knowledge of the DIKW model, but they are wisdom of the author and knowledge of the instructor. They are not ours. The best way to turn information into our knowledge is to explain our new things and share them based on what we have learned.