- WisNetGrid - Networks of Knowledge in the Grid
Networks of Knowledge in the Grid
In most disciplines, the term "knowledge” is understood to be networked information. In keeping with this definition, information becomes specific knowledge when it is placed in a context that enables a certain degree of information use. The information itself is derived from data, when data is given a structure and meaning that is based on human experience.
The current D-Grid infrastructure primarily covers the level of data which requires technical resources such as computational capacity, data transport networks, storage resources and software.
The actual content, such as research and production data, documents, images, etc. (but also know-how and processing tools ) are generated, transported, processed and maintained within the individual communities. However they are insufficiently incorporated in cooperative, interdisciplinary research and business ventures, thus limiting their usability. Technologies without content are just as insufficient in a modern high-tech infrastructure as content without technologies. |
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