What Information Actually Is

Jun 22

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3 Comments

For a long time I've said that "Data is information without context; Information is data with context."

Simply and well put!

Thanks! Post DITAWorld 2026, I've added 'Knowledge':

"Knowledge is information structured in a useful manner."

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