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Informational works

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Genre/Form termInformational works
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Scope noteWorks whose main purpose is to record and convey factual information.
Found inArt & architecture thesaurus online, Aug. 5, 2014 (information. Data, ideas, and imaginative works that have been communicated, recorded, published and/or distributed formally or informally in any format.)
Reitz, J.M. ODLIS : online dictionary for library and information science, Aug. 5, 2014 (information: Data presented in readily comprehensible form to which meaning has been attributed within the context of its use. In a more dynamic sense, the message conveyed by the use of a medium of communication or expression. Whether a specific message is informative or not depends in part on the subjective perception of the person receiving it. More concretely, all the facts, conclusions, ideas, and creative works of the human intellect and imagination that have been communicated, formally or informally, in any form.)
Gòˆrlach, M. An alphabetical list of English text types, in Text types and the history of English, c2004: p. 49 (information: item of news; account; (law) formal written statement)