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| + | Information is what is needed to inform a decision. In [[Identity Management]] a collection of information is all that is available to identify a correspondent in an internet interchange. That is the core problem whether the goal is to track a potential customer, or to allow access to a valuable resource. | ||
==Solution== | ==Solution== | ||
Revision as of 23:55, 9 December 2018
Full Title or Meme
Information = Data + Context.
Context
Here is a datum (i.e., a single piece of data):
I do not like okra. It’s like eating zucchini with hair. I don’t care how you prepare it. I don’t like okra. That specific fact is essentially useless. Unless you invite me to dinner. Then it’s useful. There. That’s the difference between data and information. Data is not information until it is useful. https://www.hpe.com/us/en/insights/articles/the-privacy-equation-data-is-not-information-until-it-is-useful-1805.html
Problem
Information is what is needed to inform a decision. In Identity Management a collection of information is all that is available to identify a correspondent in an internet interchange. That is the core problem whether the goal is to track a potential customer, or to allow access to a valuable resource.
