Two Major Problems

• Form    What is the appropriate (best? natural?) form of information?




Information has a form? What's the relationship between an oral myth and its written form? Is there a canonical version of King Lear? Is there a canonical version of this html page? Why does eXtensible Markup Language separate content from presentation?



• Meaning    What is the meaning of information?




Information has a meaning? What is the meaning of "Moby Dick"? What is the meaning of "42nite"? or "42 nite"? or "4 2 nite"? or "4 2nite"? What is the meaning of this yellow box?