Data

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-007284",
  "term": "Data",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Documented information or evidence of any kind.\n\n2. Symbols, or representations, of facts or ideas that can be communicated, interpreted, or processed by manual or automated means. Often associated with electronic data or with statistics or measurements.\n\n3. A collection of facts, numbers, or other pieces of information. Scientists use a variety of techniques to gather data about the Earth's climate. A single fact is called a datum (the singular form of data).\n\n4. A reinterpretable representation of information in a formalized manner suitable for communication, interpretation, or processing. [ISO/IEC 2382-1:1993]\n\n5. Facts or figures from which conclusions can be inferred.\n\n6. A quantitative or qualitative representation of values, facts, observations, or ideas in a formalized manner capable of being transmitted, processed, stored, analyzed, interpreted, and/or communicated by some process, whether on paper or in electronic form.",
  "subject": "Policy and guidance",
  "references": [
    "Program Evaluation Glossary",
    "Records Glossary",
    "Student's Guide to Global Climate Change",
    "Terminology Services Glossary",
    "QA Glossary",
    "Environmental Information Quality Procedure Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/data/"
}