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Knowledge and Information Visualization: Searching for Synergies

By Tanja Keller , Sigmar-Olaf Tergan (auth.) , Sigmar-Olaf Tergan , Tanja Keller (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2005
ISBN
9783540269212, 3540269215
DOI
10.1007/b138081
ISSN
0302-9743
Open Library ID
OL9437568M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10579488 bytes)
Series
Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3426 : Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI
Edition
1
Pages
385\378
Library
Kolxo3
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11
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Description

formation. The basic ideas underlying knowledge visualization and information vi- alization are outlined. In a short preview of the contributions of this volume, the idea behind each approach and its contribution to the goals of the book are outlined. 2 The Basic Concepts of the Book Three basic concepts are the focus of this book: "data", "information", and "kno- edge". There have been numerous attempts to define the terms "data", "information", and "knowledge", among them, the OTEC Homepage "Data, Information, Kno- edge, and Wisdom" (Bellinger, Castro, & Mills, see http://www.syste- thinking.org/dikw/dikw.htm): Data are raw. They are symbols or isolated and non-interpreted facts. Data rep- sent a fact or statement of event without any relation to other data. Data simply exists and has no significance beyond its existence (in and of itself). It can exist in any form, usable or not. It does not have meaning of itself.

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