Within the “Digital Era Framework“, the term “action” refers to all activities and the resulting changes in facts, conditions or objects. “Action” refers in particular to the implementation of decisions. “Action” comprises all operative activities, in particular control, coordination, production, distribution, consumption.

In the nomenclature of the “Digital Era Framework”, the term “action” stands for one of the seven “Modes of Information Application“, which represent the archetypes of dealing with information, such as creation, representation, transmission, exploration, evaluation, decision and action.