Dimensões da qualidade da informação: uma classificação baseada no contexto

Abstract

Like other assets, information came to be seen by a significant portion of the scientific community as a possible element to be measured and consequently rated in terms of aspects such as quality, cost and value, among others. So, this study is about issues related to the use, quality and organizational impacts that may be caused by use of information. The proposal is theoretically structured in two directions: the dimensions of contextual category of information quality and the user-based approach. Therefore, it was done a survey with specialists users in the production and use of information on the perception about the aspects of information and the quality that most affect theperformance of their daily activities and also in decisionmaking. It proposes finally, a classification of dimensions based on the perception by users, which can be understood as an alternative category about the dimensions of quality information.

Index Terms - Dimensions Quality, Information, Information Quality,.