DIKW Pyramid Flashcards
What part of the pyramid is DATA based?
Bottom
What DATA represents ?
linguistic representation of true or false, raw facts.
What are DATA collected for ?
To be further processed, to gain Information.
What does DATA lack ?
Context or any form of organisation.
What is Information ?
Data in context
What question Information answers ?
Who, What, When and Where
What can be inferred from the Information ?
Knowledge
What is present in Information ?
Relationships between data.
How is Knowledge inferred from Information?
By analysing patterns.
What questions Knowledge answers?
How
Which tier if the pyramid is Wisdom?
Top(4th)
What does Wisdom do ?
Derives principles and insights based on knowledge over the time.
Is wisdom short or long-term principle?
Long term
What questions does Wisdom answer ?
Why
What is the resource for Wisdom ?
Knowledge
What are the attributes of Data?
Individual facts, figures, signals, measurements
What are the attributes of Information ?
Organised, structured, categorised, useful, condensed, calculated
What are the attributes of Knowledge ?
Idea, learning, notion, concept, synthesised, compared, thought through,
discussed
What are the attributes of Wisdom ?
Understanding, integration, applied, reflected upon, actionable, accumulated principles, patterns, decision-making process
What are we primarily interested in when working with databases?
Structuring and organising data in such a way that it becomes useful information.
What can be a useful information used for ?
Informed decisions
Does data on its own constitute information ?
No
What does data need to constitute information ?
context or structure
Is knowledge and wisdom purely derived from data ?
No
