| Summary: | In the Information Age, the information overload transfers the burden of information
business from obtaining data and information to its selection and processing, in the effort to produce
studies or intelligence useful for international relations management. The criterion for selecting
information is its relevance for a specific analytical task. By information relevance one can
understand the degree of association between certain information and the issue of interest, or the
measure that information matches the requirements for clearing the analytical problem. How can this
be established? Of course, not directly, because there is no map of connections within information,
although a key-word list or an index of terms might be available.
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