concretizes
quality
information carrier
2014-03-10: We are not certain that all information carriers are qualities. There was a discussion of dropping it.
12/15/09: There is a concern that some ways that carry information may be processes rather than qualities, such as in a 'delayed wave carrier'.
A quality of an information bearer that imparts the information content
In the case of a printed paperback novel the physicality of the ink and of the paper form part of the information bearer. The qualities of appearing black and having a certain pattern for the ink and appearing white for the paper form part of the information carrier in this case.
PERSON: Alan Ruttenberg
Smith, Ceusters, Ruttenberg, 2000 years of philosophy
information carrier
information content entity
pending final vetting