The Philosophy of Information Quality

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Floridi, Luciano (Editor), Illari, Phyllis (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science ; 358
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Library science.; Management.; Industrial management.; Mass media.; Communication.; Social sciences in mass media.; Philosophy of Technology.; Innovation/Technology Management.; Library Science.; Media Sociology.

This work fulfills the need for a conceptual and technical framework to improve understanding of Information Quality (IQ)and Information Quality standards. The meaning and practical implementation of IQ are addressed, as it is relevant to any field where there is a need to handle data and issues suc...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Luciano Floridi and Phyllis Illari
• Information quality, data and philosophy; Phyllis Illari and Luciano Floridi
• Forget Dimensions. Define Your Information Quality Using Quality View Patterns; Suzanne M. Embury and Paolo Missier
• Exploring information quality in the wild; Carlo Batini, Matteo Palmonari, Gianluigi Viscusi
• What is visualization really for?; Min Chen, Luciano Floridi, Rita Borgo
• Object Matching: New Challenges for Record Linkage; Monica Scannapieco
• Algorithmic check of standards for information quality dimensions; Giuseppe Primiero
• What is disinformation?; Don Fallis
• Quality Assessment Tools in medicine; Jacob Stegenga
• Educating Medical Students to Evaluate the Quality of Health Information on the Web; Pietro Ghezzi, Sundeep Chumbers, Tara Brabazon
• Enhancing the quality of open data; Kieron O'Hara
• Forensic Information Quality; Burkhard Schafer
• Information quality and personal archives in the wild; Jeremy Leighton John
• IQ: purpose and dimensions; Phyllis Illari
• Big data and information quality; Luciano Floridi.