) to be applied. A
worldview is provided, a theory into which the information fits.
Embedded in this theory, it allows for predictions to be made in order
to falsify the theory (or to prove it). Information cannot be
understood in the absence of such a worldview. Such a worldview can be
scientific, or religious - but it can also be ideological (Capitalism,
Socialism), or related to an image which an entity wishes to project.
An image is a theory about a person or a group of people. It is both
supported by information - and supports it. It is a shorthand version
of all the pertinent data, a stereotype in reverse.
There is no difference in the application of these rules to information
and to interpretation (which is really information that relates to
other information instead of relating to the World). Both categories
can be formal and informal. Formal information is information that
designates itself as such (carries a sign: "I am information"). It
includes official publications by various bodies (accountants,
corporations, The Bureau of Statistics, news bulletins, all the media,
the Internet, various databases, whether in digitized format or in hard
copy).
Informal information is information, which is not permanently captured
or is captured without the intention of generating formal information
(=without the pretence: "I am information").
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