Information attributes

Ruthven, Ian and Pennington, Diane; Byström, Katriina and Heinström, Jannica and Ruthven, Ian, eds. (2018) Information attributes. In: Information at Work. Facet Publishing, London. ISBN 9781783302772

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Abstract

In this chapter, we focus on the concept of information attributes. Information attributes are the properties of information and information objects that can be used to describe and differentiate information. Being able to differentiate information objects means we can select the most appropriate objects for our tasks and we can design information systems to organise and store information in useful ways. We start by providing a discussion on why being able to describe properties of information objects is important, and then we provide a description of essential concepts in this area to provide a theoretical background to information attributes. Following this, we highlight a selection of key information attributes to give a flavour of the kind of studies that have been conducted in this area before concluding with current trends in this research area.

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Ruthven, Ian ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6669-5376 and Pennington, Diane ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1275-7054; Byström, Katriina, Heinström, Jannica and Ruthven, Ian
  • Item type:Book Section
    ID code:65125
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    30 November 2018
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    Notes:This is a preprint of a chapter accepted for publication by Facet Publishing. This extract has been taken from the author’s original manuscript and has not been edited. The definitive version of this piece may be found in Ruthven, Ian ; Pennington, Diane. / Information attributes. Information at Work: Information Management in the Workplace. editor / Katriina Byström ; Jannica Heinström ; Ian Ruthven. London : Facet Publishing, 2018; ISBN: 9781783302758. which can be purchased from http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=302758. The author agrees not to update the preprint or replace it with the published version of the chapter. Our titles have wide appeal across the UK and internationally and we are keen to see our authors content translated into foreign languages and welcome requests from publishers. World rights for translation are available for many of our titles. To date our books have been translated into over 25 languages.
    Subjects:Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Library Science. Information Science
    Department:Faculty of Science > Computer and Information Sciences
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    Date deposited:13 Aug 2018 08:09
    Last modified:22 Nov 2024 01:24
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/65125
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