Information about information: A taxonomy of views

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 34, Issue SPEC. ISSUE 2, 2010, Pages 329-344

  McKinney Jr , Earl H ^a   Yoos II, Charles J ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORT LEWIS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Information; Representation; Syntax; Taxonomy; Theory; Token

Indexed keywords

SYNTACTICS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH;

ADAPTATION; INFORMATION; REPRESENTATION; SYNTAX; THEORY; TOKEN;

TAXONOMIES;

EID: 77957076927     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20721430     Document Type: Review

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