| Journal: | Ciencia da informacao |
| Database: | CLASE |
| System number: | 000509922 |
| ISSN: | 0100-1965 |
| Authors: | Ribeiro, Anna Carolina Mendonca Lemos1 Santos, Carlos Denner dos2 |
| Institutions: | 1Instituto de Pesquisa Economica Aplicada, 2Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, Distrito Federal. Brasil |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Volumen: | 49 |
| Number: | may-ago |
| Pages: | 67-87 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Portugués |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Analítico, descriptivo |
| Spanish abstract | More than thirty years have passed since the first drafts of the classical data-information-knowledge-wisdom (DIKW) model appeared in the scientific literature. After that - in a society increasingly digital and connected - the DIKW pyramid became popular, featuring variants containing only data, information and knowledge, in a short DIK configuration, or adding levels like intelligence; at the same time that very little critical interpretation and empirical validation were performed by researchers to clarify how these elements are indeed intertwined. This left theoretical implications of the original model unnoticed, not empirically validated, becoming a taken-for-granted explanation that do not fully grasp the chain of knowledge creation, a process that has been carefully studied by researchers. This study reviews and systematically analyzes relevant papers, covering the period of 32 years of research, to pinpoint the main weaknesses of the DIKW model and propose a new one in conformance with the knowledge management literature, and considering the current scenario of artificial intelligence and ethical dilemmas. The resulting model challenges the pyramid as the best way to convey this ‘causal process’ of knowledge creation to the public, and makes the necessity of empirical studies to be performed in the future clear |
| English abstract | More than thirty years have passed since the first drafts of the classical data-information-knowledge-wisdom (DIKW) model appeared in the scientific literature. After that - in a society increasingly digital and connected - the DIKW pyramid became popular, featuring variants containing only data, information and knowledge, in a short DIK configuration, or adding levels like intelligence; at the same time that very little critical interpretation and empirical validation were performed by researchers to clarify how these elements are indeed intertwined. This left theoretical implications of the original model unnoticed, not empirically validated, becoming a taken-for-granted explanation that do not fully grasp the chain of knowledge creation, a process that has been carefully studied by researchers. This study reviews and systematically analyzes relevant papers, covering the period of 32 years of research, to pinpoint the main weaknesses of the DIKW model and propose a new one in conformance with the knowledge management literature, and considering the current scenario of artificial intelligence and ethical dilemmas. The resulting model challenges the pyramid as the best way to convey this ‘causal process’ of knowledge creation to the public, and makes the necessity of empirical studies to be performed in the future clear |
| Portuguese abstract | Mais de 30 anos se passaram desde que os primeiros rascunhos do modelo clássico de dado-informação-conhecimento-sabedoria (DIKW) apareceram na literatura científica. Depois disso – em uma sociedade cada vez mais digital e conectada – a pirâmide DIKW tornou-se popular, apresentando variantes contendo apenas dado, informação e conhecimento, em uma configuração curta de DIK, ou adicionando níveis, como inteligência; ao mesmo tempo em que muita pouca interpretação crítica e validação empírica foram realizadas pelos pesquisadores para esclarecer como esses elementos estão realmente interligados. Isso deixou implicações teóricas do modelo original despercebidas, não validadas empiricamente, tornando-se uma explicação dada como certa, que não compreende totalmente a cadeia de criação de conhecimento, um processo que foi cuidadosamente estudado pelos pesquisadores. Este estudo revisa e analisa sistematicamente artigos relevantes, cobrindo o período de 32 anos de pesquisa, para identificar as principais fragilidades do modelo DIKW e propor um novo, em conformidade com a literatura de gestão do conhecimento, considerando o cenário atual de inteligência artificial e dilemas éticos. O modelo resultante desafia a pirâmide como a melhor maneira de transmitir esse “processo causal” de criação de conhecimento ao público e torna clara a necessidade de estudos empíricos a serem realizados no futuro |
| Disciplines: | Bibliotecología y ciencia de la información |
| Keyword: | Sistemas de información, Gestión del conocimiento, Ciencia de la información, Datos |
| Full text: | http://revista.ibict.br/ciinf/article/view/5066/5247 |
