X-Informatics Homework 8

Due Saturday April 27

• Look at lecture on Data, Information and Knowledge and backup references here
• Choose one of the fields: Physics, Earthquake Science, or any Informatics Cognate (as listed on web page) as the value of X
• Discuss X-Informatics for your chosen field X covering as many of issues you can from lectures this semester. You could list lecture sets (PowerPoint slidesets from course web page) and indicate where or if you discuss issues
• Describe role of Informatics and nature of Data, Information and Knowledge
• Describe architecture of e-X (digital world supporting X) and give typical XML Schema
• Six pages would be a good length