Geoscience after IT: Part J. Human requirements that shape the evolving geoscience information system
Loudon, T.V.. 2000 Geoscience after IT: Part J. Human requirements that shape the evolving geoscience information system. Computers & Geosciences, 26 (3, Sup). A87-A97. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0098-3004(00)00045-5
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Abstract/Summary
The geoscience record is constrained by the limitations of human thought and of the technology for handling information. IT can lead us away from the tyranny of older technology, but to find the right path, we need to understand our own limitations. Language, images, data and mathematical models, are tools for expressing and recording our ideas. Backed by intuition, they enable us to think in various modes, to build knowledge from information and create models as artificial views of a real world. Markup languages may accommodate more flexible and better connected records, and the object-oriented approach may help to match IT more closely to our thought processes.
Item Type: | Publication - Article |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0098-3004(00)00045-5 |
Programmes: | BGS Programmes > Information Systems Development |
ISSN: | 0098-3004 |
Additional Keywords: | Thought processes, human communication, geoscience markup language, object-oriented analysis |
NORA Subject Terms: | Computer Science Data and Information Earth Sciences |
Date made live: | 19 Mar 2008 15:44 +0 (UTC) |
URI: | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/2405 |
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