Tuesday 3 February 2015

The Central Paradox of Data


The Central Paradox of Data states:


It is impossible to assess whether a given piece of data is any good or not, simply by inspection of the data alone.
  
In fact Data only has value when at least the following are true

It comes from a trusted source

You know how and why it was generated

It has not been corrupted

It is relevant to you

You are legally entitled to use it

If these are true then Data can become Information.