Information https://calvalportal.ceos.org/web/guest/cal/val-wiki/-/wiki/668236 2026-05-26T02:02:49Z 2026-05-26T02:02:49Z Emma Woolliams https://calvalportal.ceos.org/web/guest/cal/val-wiki/-/wiki/668236/Information?_com_liferay_wiki_web_portlet_WikiPortlet_version=1.0 2021-10-04T18:14:13Z 2021-10-04T18:14:13Z

<p><strong>Definition</strong> </p><p><strong><!----></strong> </p><p><strong><!----></strong>Any type of knowledge that can be exchanged. <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-0" previous="first-diff" changeId="removed-diff-0" next="added-diff-0">In an </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-0" previous="removed-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-0" next="removed-diff-1">Inan </span>exchange, it is represented by data. An example is a string of bits (the data) <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-1" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">accompanied by </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-1" previous="removed-diff-1" changeId="added-diff-1" next="removed-diff-2">accompaniedby </span>a description of how to interpret a string ofbits as numbers representing <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-2" previous="added-diff-1" changeId="removed-diff-2" next="added-diff-2">temperature observations </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-2" previous="removed-diff-2" changeId="added-diff-2" next="removed-diff-3">temperatureobservations </span>measured in degrees Celsius (<span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-3" previous="added-diff-2" changeId="removed-diff-3" next="added-diff-3">the representation </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-3" previous="removed-diff-3" changeId="added-diff-3" next="removed-diff-4">therepresentation </span>information). </p><p>Here also understood as part of the <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-4" previous="added-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-4" next="added-diff-4">associated knowledge </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-4" previous="removed-diff-4" changeId="added-diff-4" next="removed-diff-5">associatedknowledge </span>as component of the data set. <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-5" previous="added-diff-4" changeId="removed-diff-5" next="added-diff-5">It includes </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-5" previous="removed-diff-5" changeId="added-diff-5" next="removed-diff-6">Itincludes </span>mission descriptions, <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-6" previous="added-diff-5" changeId="removed-diff-6" next="added-diff-6">instrument description </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-6" previous="removed-diff-6" changeId="added-diff-6" next="removed-diff-7">instrumentdescription </span>and characteristics, <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-7" previous="added-diff-6" changeId="removed-diff-7" next="added-diff-7">products specifications</span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-7" previous="removed-diff-7" changeId="added-diff-7" next="removed-diff-8">productsspecifications</span>, algorithm description, Cal/Valprocedures, mission and instrument <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-8" previous="added-diff-7" changeId="removed-diff-8" next="added-diff-8">performances reports</span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-8" previous="removed-diff-8" changeId="added-diff-8" next="removed-diff-9">performancesreports</span>, quality related information.Representation Information, <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-9" previous="added-diff-8" changeId="removed-diff-9" next="added-diff-9">Packaging Information and Preservation </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-9" previous="removed-diff-9" changeId="added-diff-9" next="removed-diff-10">PackagingInformation andPreservation </span>Description Information are <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-10" previous="added-diff-9" changeId="removed-diff-10" next="added-diff-10">also part </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-10" previous="removed-diff-10" changeId="added-diff-10" next="removed-diff-11">alsopart </span>of the information as understood in <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-11" previous="added-diff-10" changeId="removed-diff-11" next="added-diff-11">this context</span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-11" previous="removed-diff-11" changeId="added-diff-11" next="removed-diff-12">thiscontext</span>. </p><p><strong>Source</strong> </p><p><a href="https://ceos.org/document_management/Working_Groups/WGISS/Interest_Groups/Data_Stewardship/White_Papers/EO-DataStewardshipGlossary.pdf"> CEOS/WGISS/DSIG/GLOS</a> </p><p><strong><span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-12" previous="added-diff-11" changeId="removed-diff-12" next="last-diff">Category</span></strong><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-11" changeId="removed-diff-12" next="last-diff"> </span></p><p><a 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