On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Peter Hunsberger <
peter.hunsberger@g...> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Simon St.Laurent<simonstl@s...>
> wrote:
> > Peter Hunsberger wrote:
> >>
> >> On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 7:23 AM, Costello, Roger L.<costello@m...>
> >> 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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