Order of Information
A partial order of information can be introduced by defining if . This means that is less informative than if it adds no new information to . The semigroup is a semilattice relative to this order, i.e. . Relative to any domain (question) a partial order can be introduced by defining if . It represents the order of information content of and relative to the domain (question) .
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