Datafication

Datafication is a technological trend turning many aspects of our life into data[1][2] which is subsequently transferred into information realised as a new form of value.

[3] Kenneth Cukier and Viktor Mayer-Schönberger introduced the term datafication to the broader lexicon in 2013.

[4] Up until this time, datafication had been associated with the analysis of representations of our lives captured through data, but not on the present scale.

This change was primarily due to the impact of big data and the computational opportunities afforded to predictive analytics.

[citation needed] Other examples include aspects of the build environment, and design via engineering and or other tools that tie data to formal, functional, or other physical media outcomes.