Semantic information is that which can be transmitted through true or false statements. Semantics refers to everything related to the meaning or interpretation of linguistic signs such as symbols, words or expressions. According to the general principle of semantic information; so that there should be information data well formed and meaningful.
There are two types of semantic information: educational information and factual information.
Educational information is one that allows something to happen or instructs to carry it out, so it has no value of truth; an example of this would be software. On the other hand, factual information is what refers to facts; therefore, it has real value. A clear example is saying that it is raining.
These two concepts are not entirely exclusive, since it may be the case that phenomena occur that can be understood in both ways. For example: if when you turn on the computer the motherboard begins to ring, this can be understood as factual information, since it is a fact that the graphics card is not working correctly; or it can also be understood as educational information, since it indicates that it is necessary to change the graphics card, if you want to use the computer.
Some authors consider that: for information to be appreciated as such, it must be true; therefore a sentence will be more affirmative, the closer the informed one approaches the truth. However this is a purely epistemic statement
