loading...| Preferred Name | information carrier | |
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A quality of an information bearer that imparts the information content |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000015 |
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| definition |
A quality of an information bearer that imparts the information content |
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| definition source |
Smith, Ceusters, Ruttenberg, 2000 years of philosophy |
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| editor note |
12/15/09: There is a concern that some ways that carry information may be processes rather than qualities, such as in a 'delayed wave carrier'. 2014-03-10: We are not certain that all information carriers are qualities. There was a discussion of dropping it. |
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| editor preferred label |
information carrier |
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| example of usage |
In the case of a printed paperback novel the physicality of the ink and of the paper form part of the information bearer. The qualities of appearing black and having a certain pattern for the ink and appearing white for the paper form part of the information carrier in this case. |
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information carrier |
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IAO:0000015 |
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information carrier |
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| term editor |
PERSON: Alan Ruttenberg |
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