Re: [Ag Meinungsfindungstool] Pirate Party Germany - "Opinion Forming Tool" (Working Group) - Next Meeting

["marc" <marc AT merkstduwas.de>]

Alexander Praetorius wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 11:39 PM, Michael Allan <mike AT zelea.com> wrote:
> > > >  ** "Information media" or "information system" is perhaps not a
> > > >     good name for this category.  All three corners of the
> > > >     triangle are concerned with informational content.
> > >
> > > Maybe.  So could you make suggestions for a better name? :-)
> >
> > "Information" seems too broad, and "fact" too narrow.  Maybe
> > "knowledge system"?

> Thats an open issues.
> Currently we are trying to create precise definitions for several terms.
> One of them is "Information" and it seems as there is no consensus about
> what
> it should mean.
> So personally I think "Knowledge System" might be a better word, but there
> is a
> complex of terms that are very hard to define.
> For me, it's a chain of terms in the following order:
> Noise -> Signals/Signs/Symbols/Data/Evidence -> Information -> knowledge ->
> wisdom

That's one possible good definition, but I would refine to the following:

1) DATA == character + meaning
2) INFORMATION == data + context
3) KNOWLEDGE == information + experience

1) + 2) can be represented perfectly in an 'Information System' or
'Knowledge Base'. I personally would stuck to the term 'Information System'
because of my definition of knowledge (3): IMHO knowledge depends on and
belongs to individuals and therefore cannot be represented in general.

> So what's the currently called "information system" all about?
> - It's a news system about what goes on in discussion and decision system.
> - It probably informs one about the status quo, that means all accepted
> decisions.
> - It might contain a glossary, maybe a copy of statistics or other
> important sources
> that were used during discussion or that back up decisions
> - It allows customization about what you are interested in, what do you
> wanna
> know, and so on...

Plus,
- it gathers information from various sources
- it is kind of 'political wiki' in a sense of AoD2.0
- it has kind of 'fact checking' functionality

> Thats my vague understanding of it.

And that's very near to mine, I think.

What do you think?

Cheers
marc