Information space is the set of concepts, and relations among them, held by an
information system
An information system (IS) is a formal, sociotechnical, organizational system designed to collect, process, Information Processing and Management, store, and information distribution, distribute information. From a sociotechnical perspective, info ...
; it describes the range of possible values or meanings an entity can have under the given rules and circumstances.
Scholarly definitions
Another definition, which is a bit more idealistic, is that an Information Space is the total result of the
semantic
Semantics is the study of linguistic Meaning (philosophy), meaning. It examines what meaning is, how words get their meaning, and how the meaning of a complex expression depends on its parts. Part of this process involves the distinction betwee ...
activity of the humanity, "the world of names and titles", conjugated to the
ontological
Ontology is the philosophical study of being. It is traditionally understood as the subdiscipline of metaphysics focused on the most general features of reality. As one of the most fundamental concepts, being encompasses all of reality and every ...
world. Being a primary concept, the information space cannot be precisely defined and is set as a
dialectical
Dialectic (; ), also known as the dialectical method, refers originally to dialogue between people holding different points of view about a subject but wishing to arrive at the truth through reasoned argument. Dialectic resembles debate, but the c ...
opposition to the material, physical, object space.
Author
Max H. Boisot, wrote a book on ''Information Space: A framework for learning in organizations, institutions and culture''. In his book, Boisot (1995, p. 5)
[Boisot, M. H. ''Information Space: A framework for learning in organizations, institutions and culture''. Routledge: London, 1995.] describes information space as a conceptual framework or tool for studying how knowledge and information are codified, abstracted and diffused through a social system.
See also
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Cognitive space
A cognitive model is a representation of one or more cognitive processes in humans or other animals for the purposes of comprehension and prediction. There are many types of cognitive models, and they can range from box-and-arrow diagrams to a se ...
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Information ecosystem Information ecology is the application of ecology, ecological concepts for modeling the information society. It considers the dynamics and properties of the increasingly dense, complex and important digital informational environment. "Information ec ...
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Semantics
Semantics is the study of linguistic Meaning (philosophy), meaning. It examines what meaning is, how words get their meaning, and how the meaning of a complex expression depends on its parts. Part of this process involves the distinction betwee ...
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