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Re: [xml-dev] What is Data?

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Uche Ogbuji <>
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Peter Hunsberger <>
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2009-09-01T10:57:58Z
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Re: [xml-dev] What is Data?
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Peter Hunsberger <[email protected]> wrote:
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Simon St.Laurent<[email protected]> wrote:
> Peter Hunsberger wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 7:23 AM, Costello, Roger L.<[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>       What is Data?
>>
>> Data is information that lacks context.
>
> Or data is information fragmented to optimize logical processing, rather
> than assembled for human comprehension.

What do humans have to do with any of this?

I think you and Simon are really in violent agreement.  "Context" is ultimately a construction of humanity. I think, for  example, RDF folks were slow to understand this.


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