数据、信息、知识和情报是情报学的4个基础概念,对这4个概念本身以及它们之间关系的探讨一直是情报学研究的热点之一。本文通过对具体案例进行详细分析得到以下发现:第一,情报来源于信息而不是知识;第二,从数据到信息、从信息到情报都需要知识的支撑,知识贯穿于整个转化过程。
Data,information,knowledge and intelligence are the 4 basic concepts in information science.Discussion on these 4 concepts themselves and their interrelationships has been on of the hot topics of research in information science.Based on the detailed analysis of the specific cases,this paper draws the following conclusions: first,intelligence comes from information rather than from knowledge;second,knowledge support is necessary both from data to information and from information to intelligence,knowledge runs through the whole transformation process.