a system and a method for representing information , and a computer program product for implementing the method , which improve the representation of information in terms of user - friendliness . the information representation system contains a display device for displaying information which is called up according to a current context . a context manager manages context objects and dynamically selects the context objects as a function of the current context of a user . the context manager also offers the selected context objects to the user for display . the context objects contain respective individual data records with information and functions , taken from a database , specific to the context . the context of the user is determined by a spacial position , a work object and / or a work task of the user . the context object of interest to the user are selected via a context - specific menu that has a control component enabling access to the specific information and functions associated with that context object . the display device displays a context display visualizing the information and functions for the context object of interest .