Return to Cognitive Taxonomy of Data

The Data Cognitive Layer is the lowest level of the Cognitive Model. See: Appendix I: Cognitive Model

Figure 1: The Data Layer of the Cognitive Model

Yingxu Wang ¹⁾ describes Data as the most fundamental cognitive objects in the brain that link real-world entities and their attributes to mental abstractions via sensors and quantities. Wang goes on to define Data as an abstract representation of the quantity of real-world entities or abstract objects according to specific quantification scales.

Stavros and Albrant ²⁾ define Data as a raw concept; it simply exists and has no significance beyond its existence (in and of itself). It is the basis upon which Information concepts are built.