Unity-Based Diversity: System Approach to Defining Information
What is information? This is the first question that information science should answer clearly. However, the definitions of information have been so diversified that people are questioning if there is any unity among the diversity, leading to a suspicion on whether it is possible to establish a unif...
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| description | What is information? This is the first question that information science should answer clearly. However, the definitions of information have been so diversified that people are questioning if there is any unity among the diversity, leading to a suspicion on whether it is possible to establish a unified theory of information or not. To answer this question, a system approach to defining information is introduced in this paper. It is proved that the unity of information definitions can be maintained with this approach. As a by-product, an important concept, the information eco-system, was also achieved. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-192690fbb77245ae992f0969dd2b6d232022-12-22T00:57:21ZengMDPI AGInformation2078-24892011-07-012340641610.3390/info2030406Unity-Based Diversity: System Approach to Defining InformationYixin ZhongWhat is information? This is the first question that information science should answer clearly. However, the definitions of information have been so diversified that people are questioning if there is any unity among the diversity, leading to a suspicion on whether it is possible to establish a unified theory of information or not. To answer this question, a system approach to defining information is introduced in this paper. It is proved that the unity of information definitions can be maintained with this approach. As a by-product, an important concept, the information eco-system, was also achieved.http://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/2/3/406/diversityunitysystem approachspectrum of definitionsinformation eco-system |
| spellingShingle | Yixin Zhong Unity-Based Diversity: System Approach to Defining Information Information diversity unity system approach spectrum of definitions information eco-system |
| title | Unity-Based Diversity: System Approach to Defining Information |
| title_full | Unity-Based Diversity: System Approach to Defining Information |
| title_fullStr | Unity-Based Diversity: System Approach to Defining Information |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unity-Based Diversity: System Approach to Defining Information |
| title_short | Unity-Based Diversity: System Approach to Defining Information |
| title_sort | unity based diversity system approach to defining information |
| topic | diversity unity system approach spectrum of definitions information eco-system |
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