has output information information content entity completely executed planned process planned process research activity Data generation process are typically experimental studies or observations, but can include any process generating information used to evaluate a claim. This is an organizational class that groups more specific types of such processes that are most commonly used in generating data used as evidence to support claims. These processes produce informational artifacts such as measured data values, derived statistical calculations and confidence measures, or statements representing summaries or conclusions drawn from such data. A planned process executed in the performance of scientific research wherein systematic investigations are performed to establish facts and reach new conclusions about phenomena in the world.