Re: Draft minutes TAG f2f 6 Oct 2004

On Oct 7, 2004, at 10:10 AM, <Patrick.Stickler@nokia.com> wrote:
[... skipping over the bits that are not about correctly recording the 
meeting; I'll reply to those separately under a different subject. ...]
> 2. In the discussion regarding Claud Shannon's work, TimBL
> states that he uses the term "information resource" in the
> same way as Claud Shannon,

where? ah...

] Tim: I am using info resource the same way as claude shannon

I think that was mis-transcribed.

I heard TimBL say he uses the term "information" in the same
way Shannon used it.


>  though in the referenced materials
> Claud Shannon appears to only use the term "information source"
> (not resource) and I would expect that there is a singificant
> distinction there (such that if the distinction is lost, much
> confusion could arise). Every source may be a kind of resource,
> but not every resource may be a kind of source.

-- 
Dan

Received on Thursday, 7 October 2004 14:15:40 UTC