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INFON-A Unit for Information Measurement in an Organised System as an Approach to Measure Technical Information of a Document


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1 Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Kanchanbagh, Hyderabad 500 258, India
     

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A concept of measuring the quantity of information in an organised system is introduced. Unit of information and conditions of an organised information system are defined. A term INFON is coined to denote the unit of information. It is suggested to extend the concept of organised information system to a technical document to measure the quantity of technical information in a document.

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Information Measurement, Information Units, Information Systems, Organised Systems, Documents.
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M. S. Gowtham
Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Kanchanbagh, Hyderabad 500 258
India


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M. S. Gowtham
Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Kanchanbagh, Hyderabad 500 258, India

Abstract


A concept of measuring the quantity of information in an organised system is introduced. Unit of information and conditions of an organised information system are defined. A term INFON is coined to denote the unit of information. It is suggested to extend the concept of organised information system to a technical document to measure the quantity of technical information in a document.

Keywords


Information Measurement, Information Units, Information Systems, Organised Systems, Documents.