Article | REF: K31 V1

Sources of factual information - Data overview and validation

Author: Christian DUTHEUIL

Publication date: November 10, 2002 | Lire en français

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    2. Overview of scientific sources

    The various sources cited in the following paragraphs are given without any qualitative hierarchy.

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    In just a few years, the development of technologies linked or associated with the microcomputer has enabled a significant growth in the number of factual sources. Magnetic storage and simple, affordable database management systems enable any laboratory to become a producer of digital databases. In scientific and technical literature, these sources are described under various names:

    • digital or factual data banks;

    • digital or factual databases (data base) ;

    • directories ;

    • data collection ;

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