InformationsTeilender

InformationsTeilender is a term used in information science and information management to describe a person, organization, or system that distributes information within a network. The focus is on the act of sharing information, including selecting, packaging, forwarding, and updating content while considering context, provenance, and access rights.

The term is German in origin, formed from Information and Teilender (one who shares). In English-language texts it is often translated as information sharer, disseminator, or data distributor. The precise meaning can vary by context but generally encompasses both human and automated actors involved in information flow.

Characteristics and responsibilities: An InformationsTeilender can be an individual, an organization, or software. Responsibilities include selecting relevant information, ensuring quality and trustworthiness, providing appropriate metadata, respecting privacy and access controls, and ensuring provenance and traceability of shared data.

Applications: In open data portals, collaborative research, enterprise data pools, news feeds, API integrations, and social networks, the InformationsTeilender acts as a mediator or distribution mechanism that makes content accessible through interfaces or feed formats (such as APIs, RSS/Atom, or event streams) and data marketplaces.

Challenges: Important considerations include quality control, verification, handling misinformation, privacy, consent, data sovereignty, and interoperability. Governance models, trust frameworks, and standards help ensure transparency, reproducibility, and accountability in information sharing.

See also: information exchange, data distribution, trust infrastructure.