The message did not appear on the list at first send, so I try again Bert
Op zondag 29 mei 2005 23:42, schreef MD: > What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of > its recipients. Hence, a wealth of information creates a poverty of > attention and a need to allocate that attention efficiently among the > overabundance of information sources that might consume it. -- Herbert > Simon, economist -- Two things First: The subjectline of this thread does not anymore reflect its contents, the contents-subject has changed, please change the subjectline too(, or start a new thread). Second: It is the responsibility of the applicationbuilder/designer to choose which information should be presented in which way. The underlying objects have nothing to do with the presentationlayer, except that they at minimum should support the requirements. One can never predict for what purpose/application/public the objects ever will be used. kind regards Bert Verhees > > -----Original Message----- > > >From: "William E Hammond"<hammo001 at mc.duke.edu> > >Sent: 5/29/05 6:29:41 AM > >To: "openehr-technical at openehr.org"<openehr-technical at openehr.org> > >Cc: "openehr-technical at openehr.org"<openehr-technical at openehr.org>, > > "owner-openehr-technical at openehr.org"<owner-openehr-technical at > openehr. > >org> Subject: Re: Issue 1 > > > >However, in my opinion, one can have too much data. Information, by > > > >definition, is more than data and conveys something understandable and > >useful that was not known before. Information deals with raising > > entrophy. > > > >Long story short, designers of systems need to undersatnd the > > difference in data and information - ands, ideally, provide just what > > is needed when it is needed to address the circumstances of the > > situation. > > > >Ed Hammond > > > > > > > > > > "lakewood at copper.net" > > <lakewood To: > > openehr-technical at openehr.org Sent by: cc: > > owner-openehr-technical@ Subject: Re: > > Issue 1 openehr.org > > > > > > 05/28/2005 10:47 PM > > Please respond to > > openehr-technical > > [Message truncated. Tap Edit->Mark for Download to get remaining portion.] > > - > If you have any questions about using this list, > please send a message to d.lloyd at openehr.org -- Met vriendelijke groet Bert Verhees ROSA Software - If you have any questions about using this list, please send a message to d.lloyd at openehr.org
