A technique in which a user can see the underlying detail related to an aggregate. A complete business consisting of functions, divisions, or other components used to accomplish specific objectives and defined goals. The ability to easily add new functionality to existing services without major software rewrites or without redefining the basic architecture. A collection of data that is relevant to one or more recipients at a point in time. It must be meaningful and useful to the recipient at a specific time for a specific purpose.
Information is data in context, data that has meaning, relevance, and purpose.
Data that has been processed in such a way that it can increase the knowledge of the person who receives it. Information is also what individuals start with before it is fed into a Data Capture transaction processing system. Specific areas of information that have been shown to produce significant benefit. An underlying foundation or framework for a system or an organization. It generally refers to the basic installations and facilities for community development or military operations.