Another look at data

  • Authors:
  • George H. Mealy

  • Affiliations:
  • Scituate, Massachusetts

  • Venue:
  • AFIPS '67 (Fall) Proceedings of the November 14-16, 1967, fall joint computer conference
  • Year:
  • 1967

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Abstract

We do not, it seems, have a very clear and commonly agreed upon set of notions about data---either what they are, how they should be fed and cared for, or their relation to the design of programming languages and operating systems. This paper sketches a theory of data which may serve to clarify these questions. It is based on a number of old ideas and may, as a result, seem obvious. Be that as it may, some of these old ideas are not common currency in our field, either separately or in combination; it is hoped that rehashing them in a somewhat new form may prove to be at least suggestive.