Information conundrum: Semantics . . . with a payoff!

Informatica (Ljubljana)

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 305-319

  Kryt, Jacek ^a,b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer science; Curriculum, data; End user; Information; Information highway; Information systems; Requirements; Systems failures

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; COMPUTER SCIENCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

COMPUTER SCIENCE CURRICULUM; INFORMATION HIGHWAY;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031164493     PISSN: 03505596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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