First International Conference on Information and Communication
Technologies: from Theory to Applications – ICTTA’04. April
19-23, 2004, Omayyad Palace, Damascus, Syria :Library and
Information Professionals and Knowledge Management Applications
:Prepared by:Nagat William Girgis|| 2. Knowledge Hierarchy A
further dimension considers the premise that knowledge can be
organized into a hierarchy. Several authors draw distinctions
between data, information, and knowledge: 2.1. Data: Facts,
images, or sounds (+ interpretation + meaning =) 2.2.
Information: Formatted, filtered, and summarized data (+ action
+ application =) 2.3. Knowledge: Instinct, ideas, rules, and
procedures that guide actions and decisions. Knowledge has two
basic definitions of interest. The first pertains to a defined
body of information. Depending on the definition, the body of
information might consist of facts, opinions, ideas, theories,
principles, and models (or other frameworks). Clearly, other
categories are possible, too. Subject matt