Open AccessIs Information Content a Single, Static Quantity?
Author(s) -
Jorge Eduardo Chira Fernández
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
communications of the blyth institute
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2640-5652
pISSN - 2640-5644
DOI - 10.33014/issn.2640-5652.3.1.fernandez.1
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , content (measure theory) , computer science , variable (mathematics) , element (criminal law) , information retrieval , mathematics , political science , history , mathematical analysis , archaeology , law
Before information may be measured it must first manifest as a specific kind of information, and that manifestation always occurs within a fixed context. If any critical element of the context is changed, the information that is manifested also changes. The implication of that is significant: information is \emph{not} a single, static entity but instead is a variable, dynamic entity that acquires fixed definition only within a context.