Knowledge Organization in the Intersection with Information Technologies

Martínez-Ávila, Daniel

doi:10.5771/0943-7444-2015-7-486

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“…However, the idea of a library classification based on open source methodology could have been successful if a different methodology had been properly followed. Indeed, the social and participative approach to knowledge organization has been identified as one of the key aspects of successful projects (Martínez-Ávila, 2015). Some further considerations for a library classification system following this model are: the rejection of universality as an assumption, accepting that a single system with the same code cannot be valid for everybody in the same way; the adoption of a more pragmatist view for system development, having a clear vision of which communities will use the system and the ways in which it could be useful for them; and, finally, the establishment of appropriate ways to develop based on the research and specific theoretical background of the domains of those communities.…”

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The application of crowdsourcing and the Bazaar model to the development of library classifications: an assessment of the Open Shelves Classification

Martínez-Ávila

Manuel

2020

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This paper presents a discussion of crowdsourcing approaches to knowledge organization and more specifically to the development of classification schemes. It analyzes the case of Open Shelves Classification, a terminated project that was developed by the LibraryThing community following the “open source model”, and assesses its outcomes from methodological and sociological points of view. Working with all the documentation of the project that is freely available, the text conducts an analysis of the project following the structure of the methodological lessons for open source (Bazaar model) presented by Eric Raymond in his seminal work “The Cathedral and the Bazaar” and complementing it with the discussion of the sociological aspects presented in “Homesteading the Noosphere” and other writings. The paper concludes with some recommendations for the success of open source projects and some possibilities of research for crowdsourcing projects and social epistemology.

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The application of crowdsourcing and the Bazaar model to the development of library classifications: an assessment of the Open Shelves Classification

Martínez-Ávila

Manuel

2020

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“…The scope of KO, as an interdisciplinary field, seems to be in-between the social sciences and humanities, interested in aspects related to veracity and value, and the Semantic Web Community. Several studies within the KO community (e.g., Smiraglia, 2012;Martínez-Ávila et al, 2014;Martínez-Ávila, 2015) have identified LOD as an emerging and key trend for the future of KO. Shiri (2014, p. 19) also claimed that "Big data organization, representation and visualization will be among the emerging areas or research that information organization research will have to address."…”

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Classifying the LOD cloud

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Smiraglia²,

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Massive amounts of data from different contexts and producers are collected and connected relying often solely on statistical techniques. Problems to the acclaimed value of data lie in the precise definition of data and associated contexts as well as the problem that data are not always published in meaningful and open ways. The Linked Data paradigm offers a solution to the limitations of simple keywords by having unique, resolvable and shared identifiers instead of strings This paper reports on a three-year research project "Digging Into the Knowledge Graph," funded as part of the 2016 Round Four Digging Into Data Challenge (https://diggingintodata.org/awards/2016/project/diggingknowledge-graph). Our project involves comparing terminol-ogy employed within the LOD cloud with terminology employed within two general but different KOSs -Universal Decimal Classification and Basic Concepts Classification. We are exploring whether these classifications can encourage greater consistency in LOD terminology and linking the largely distinct scholarly literatures that address LOD and KOSs. Our project is an attempt to connect the Linked Open Data community, which has tended to be centered in computer science, and the KO community, with members from linguistics, metaphysics, library and information science. We focus on the shared challenges related to Big Data between both communities.

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“…In this context, with the advent of the Internet, IS is one of the sciences that has been constantly re-shaped and in search for solutions for the problems that arise from the overload of information. Similarly, it has been argued that KO has been, or could be, a fundamental process in every moment and transformation of the World Wide Web discourse, and design might be another key area/opportunity for it (Martínez-Ávila, 2015).…”

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“…On the other hand, Knowledge Organization (1) has been defined as "the domain in which the order of knowledge is both the primary paradigm for scientific investigation and the primary application in the development of systems" (Smiraglia 2012, p. 225). The design of systems, not only their development, has been identified as one of the key challenges and opportunities for Knowledge Organization as a field (Martínez-Ávila et al, 2014;Martínez-Ávila, 2015). As design is part of KO, it is reasonable to think that ID can have many other aspects in common with KO too, or that both are subfields of the same field.…”

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Information Design, Information Science, and Knowledge Organization: a domain analysis from the perspective of complexity

Nakano¹,

Martínez-Ávila²,

Jorente³

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This paper aims to discuss the interrelations and interdisciplinarity of Information Design, Information Science, and Knowledge Organization; the place of Information Design, as a discipline, in course syllabi and the classifications of sciences in Brazil; the objects of study that are common and connect Information Design, Information Science, and Knowledge Organization; the area of knowledge of Information Design in Brazil according to the CAPES and CNPq classifications; the relation of Information Design to social studies, Information Science, and Knowledge Organization; and programs in Information Science offering courses in Information Design. As a methodology, we use a domain-analytical approach focusing on historical studies and the principle of social division of labor to discuss the Information Design domain from the perspective of complexity. We conclude that Information Design, Information Science, and Knowledge Organization share more than information as a common object of study. They also share common contents in higher education institutions.

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Knowledge Organization in the Intersection with Information Technologies

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The application of crowdsourcing and the Bazaar model to the development of library classifications: an assessment of the Open Shelves Classification

The application of crowdsourcing and the Bazaar model to the development of library classifications: an assessment of the Open Shelves Classification

Classifying the LOD cloud

Information Design, Information Science, and Knowledge Organization: a domain analysis from the perspective of complexity

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