KES 2008: Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems pp 340-345 | Cite as
A Hermeneutic Approach to the Notion of Information in IS
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Abstract
In the field of information systems (IS), ‘information’ is probably the most important and fundamental notion. And yet, existing studies of it seem inadequate and lacking of sufficient depth, and further work is therefore desperately in need. We adopt Hermeneutics to approach the essence of information. We describe how Hermeneutics might enable us to look at the mechanism whereby information is created and information flow takes place, and explain implications this approach might have to requirement identification in IS
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Information System Literal Meaning Soft System Methodology Information Realization Ontological Realization
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