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{{ | {{a|devil|}}[[information]] /ɪnfəˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/ (noun): | ||
:(1) That which is conveyed or represented by a particular arrangement or sequence of things. | :(1) That which is conveyed or represented by a particular arrangement or sequence of things. | ||
:(2) A mathematical expression of the probability of occurrence of a particular sequence of symbols, as against that of alternative sequences. | :(2) A mathematical expression of the probability of occurrence of a particular sequence of symbols, as against that of alternative sequences. | ||
:(3) Really hard to define non-circularly, but know know it when you see it. | :(3) Really hard to define non-circularly, but know know it when you see it. | ||
:(4) A will o’ the wisp ephemerality which, since being unshackled from its imprisoning [[substrate]], has been equally powering and poisoning the world. | :(4) A will o’ the wisp ephemerality which, since being unshackled from its imprisoning [[substrate]], has been equally powering and poisoning the world. | ||
===The difference between information and data=== | |||
[[Information]] is a ''organised'' data, over which some bright spark has laid a narrative structure so that it is contextualised and is useful. | |||
[[Data]] is an individual unit that contains raw material which does not carry any specific meaning. | |||
It is very, very hard to strip ''all'' narrative meaning from data, because we are, in {{author|Jeremy Lent}}’s excellent term,pattern recognising machines. The best we can do is binary code. White noise. | |||
===Is it my [[data]]?=== | |||
A legal distinction worth bearing in mind between between: | A legal distinction worth bearing in mind between between: | ||
*“'''[[copyright]]'''” is a statutory right which applies to certain types of “created” information automatically, investing in their author some proprietary rights to stop other people reproducing the creation. It does not apply to all kinds of information - the information must have been “created”. Numerical data (like execution prices) ''are not capable of protection by [[copyright]]''. You can acquire “[[database copyright]]” which derives from the effort you have taken to compile a database of execution prices. But you couldn’t stop another party compiling an identical database by itself: if your counterparty itself compiles its own database of the same material, it would have copyright in its database, and you in yours. | *“'''[[copyright]]'''” is a statutory right which applies to certain types of “created” information automatically, investing in their author some proprietary rights to stop other people reproducing the creation. It does not apply to all kinds of information - the information must have been “created”. Numerical data (like execution prices) ''are not capable of protection by [[copyright]]''. You can acquire “[[database copyright]]” which derives from the effort you have taken to compile a database of execution prices. But you couldn’t stop another party compiling an identical database by itself: if your counterparty itself compiles its own database of the same material, it would have copyright in its database, and you in yours. | ||
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*[[There is no data from the future]] | |||
*[[Data]] | *[[Data]] | ||
*[[Substrate]] | *[[Substrate]] | ||
*[[Confidentiality agreement]] | *[[Confidentiality agreement]] | ||
*[[Copyright]] | *[[Copyright]] | ||