Category:Data

Pieces of data are pieces of information. Data is measured, collected and reported, and analyzed, whereupon it can be visualized using graphs or images. Data as a general concept refers to the fact that some existing information or knowledge is represented or coded in some form suitable for better usage or processing.

Read more about data in wikipedia Two growing and overlapping areas that should be considered together are:• Open data, which is data that anyone can access, use and share and the associated tools, standards and methods. • Big data, which takes advantage of data from previously difficult to use sources such as social media, satellites and mobile phones and has an associated set of new methods and tools to analyse the data These two approaches have shown the potential to significantly improve methods of collecting, accessing, analysing and communicating data i.e. transforming data into information and then into actionable knowledge.