Contradictory Requirements

• Information is a mess – and will always be!

• • We need to handle the mess, not deny it.

• We are all different – and will always be!

• • One format, one schema for all: forget it! There are many different things we want to do, and there are multiple ways in which we can view the information.

• Information comes from everywhere --and will always do.

• • We need information that can be trusted.
  • Especially from government sources...