We see information brokering as the value-adding process of mediation between information demands and information offers.
Information reduces information overload and gives access to highly relevant information.
As a process-oriented sub domain of knowledge management, information brokering is concerned with data, information and knowledge. In information brokering, Information is defined as processed, conceptualised and categorised data. Knowledge is information that is made actionable by being contextualised and personalised. The three levels and their transitions are shown in the above figure.