Conceptual issues
•Definition of data
–Units of information in research that can be isolated from their context of production in order to be used in another context.
–In digitized science: digital records of scientific measurements or observations.
–Distinction raw data and processed data blurred
–definition of data always context specific and related to research question
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•Flows of data instead of data bits (Hilgartner)
•Data structure is field specific
•Quality as constructed and context specific
•Quality control both produces and represents quality
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