Informationsaspekterna

Informationsaspekterna is a Swedish term referring to the various dimensions through which information is created, managed, and used within organizations, systems, and society. The concept encompasses both the content of information and the conditions surrounding it, including structure, context, and governance.

Core dimensions include information quality (accuracy, completeness, timeliness), accessibility and usability (availability, readability, user-centered design), metadata and provenance (how information is described, tracked, and origin traced), privacy and security (confidentiality, integrity, access controls), lifecycle management (creation, storage, preservation, deletion), interoperability and standards (formats, schemas, and compatibility across systems), and ethical and legal considerations (copyright, consent, transparency).

Applications: in information management, library and information science, data governance, IT governance, and policy making. The term supports holistic assessments of information assets, guiding design decisions, risk assessments, and literacy initiatives where stakeholders need to interpret, evaluate, and responsibly reuse information.

Challenges include balancing openness with privacy, ensuring accessibility for diverse users and devices, keeping metadata consistent across repositories, and bridging gaps between technical and organizational perspectives. Frameworks and standards from information science, data governance, and accessibility fields are often used to structure an approach to informationsaspekterna.

See also: information governance, data quality, information architecture, information security, metadata, accessibility, information ethics, knowledge management.