THE NOTION OF “MEANING SYSTEM” AND ITS USE FOR “INFORMATION SYSTEMS”

Junkang Feng, Lin Liu

2010

Abstract

Mingers (1995) suggests a notion of ‘meaning system’ in order to clarify the relationships between data (signs), information and meaning, and their bearings on information systems (IS for short). We observe that there are a few points that need further investigation, which are centred on the basic notions of information and meaning. In this paper, we summarise seemingly the most influential studies on these two concepts in the field of information systems. We take a close look at the notion of ‘meaning system’ by drawing on theories of Dretske (1991) and Devlin (1995) in addition to Mingers (1995). We explore how this notion may be applied to IS problems by formulating one’s meaning system using an ontology language in order to improve web searching.

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Feng J. and Liu L. (2010). THE NOTION OF “MEANING SYSTEM” AND ITS USE FOR “INFORMATION SYSTEMS” . In Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Informatics and Semiotics in Organisations - Volume 1: ICISO, ISBN 978-989-8425-26-3, pages 52-59. DOI: 10.5220/0003268100520059


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@conference{iciso10,
author={Junkang Feng and Lin Liu},
title={THE NOTION OF “MEANING SYSTEM” AND ITS USE FOR “INFORMATION SYSTEMS”},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Informatics and Semiotics in Organisations - Volume 1: ICISO,},
year={2010},
pages={52-59},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003268100520059},
isbn={978-989-8425-26-3},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Informatics and Semiotics in Organisations - Volume 1: ICISO,
TI - THE NOTION OF “MEANING SYSTEM” AND ITS USE FOR “INFORMATION SYSTEMS”
SN - 978-989-8425-26-3
AU - Feng J.
AU - Liu L.
PY - 2010
SP - 52
EP - 59
DO - 10.5220/0003268100520059