Infographic is, then, a more general concept since it may involve cartographic inputs and processes, if decided. Cartography, as a rational and objective representation of reality, follows a scientific-oriented methodology. Cartography is meanigful or missleading depending on the consistency of the data used as input and the process applied to transform it into a particular map. Transparency in the data and formulation is required to make the overall method objective, so others can duplicate it getting exactely the same output. Infography may use cartographic products and methods as inputs, but they are free from following strict scientific rules.
Creative methods follow an artistic-oriented procedure.
Creative methods are meanigful when they are efficient communicating, suggesting and evoking in the majority of readers the desired information. There is no need for transparency in how the symbols were invented. Creative methods may provide complete answers.