Value-added processes in the information life cycle / Taylor(1982)
Citation - Taylor, R. S. (1982). Value-added processes in the information life cycle. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 33(5), 341-346.
定義2: 資訊系統是能增強訊息潛在使用性的程序。 “information systems are a series of formal processes by which the potential usefulness of specific input messages being processed is enhanced.” 因此,通過此一系統的產品被加值了。
符合此定義的系統範例:辦公室、圖書館、資料處理、資訊管理、決策支援、與資訊檢索系統。
加值續譜
資料:基本的符號,用來稱呼形成某個時點上的實體的狀態 “that designate the states (conditions) that characterize an entity of some point in time.”
資訊(使用)環境: “It is from that environment that tasks and problems are generated.”
Information for: “We assume that some form of information external or new to that environment has utility in determining whether and how a problem can be solved, clarified, altered, or disregarded.” 利用環境外的資訊以解決或處理問題
environment structure: “determines what information is acceptable for clarification of problems, and for the accomplishment of those tasks.” 資訊環境決定哪些資訊能釐清問題,並加速問題解決(即,具有價值)。