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Definition

knowledge concerning objects that within a certain context has a particular meaning

 

This is a concrete item and can be implemented directly

Term: information; 
Plural: informations; 

Notes

NOTE 1 to entry: Facts, events, things, processes, and ideas, including concepts, are examples of objects.

NOTE 2 to entry: information is something that is meaningful. data might be regarded as information once its meaning is revealed.

Examples

Diagrammatic representation

Simple graph - information

Required associations

Optional associations

one or more informations is shared during a number of continuityies of care

Generalisations

information

Specialisations

information