Introduction to Knowledge Organization

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By Claudio Gnoli

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Introduction to Knowledge Organization offers a comprehensive overview of the evolving field of Knowledge Organisation (KO), blending historical context with foundational theory. The book explores philosophical, linguistic, and technical dimensions, making complex ideas accessible. It details the standards and formats needed for KO systems in today's interconnected world, including MARC, Dublin Core, SKOS, and OWL. Practical applications span education, encyclopedias, libraries, archives, and digital platforms, illustrating KO's broad relevance. Key topics include ontology, epistemology, classification structures, and digital-era implementations, ensuring a thorough grounding for students and professionals alike.
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This book is ideal for students, researchers, and practitioners in Knowledge Organisation, information management, cataloguing, and classification, particularly those engaged in education or institutional knowledge management.

This book provides a complete introduction to the rapidly expanding field of Knowledge organization (KO), presenting historical precedents and theoretical foundations in a discursive, intelligible form, covering the philosophical, linguistic and technical aspects.

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This book provides a complete introduction to the rapidly expanding field of Knowledge Organization (KO), presenting historical precedents and theoretical foundations in a discursive, intelligible form, covering the philosophical, linguistic, and technical aspects.

In the contemporary context of global information exchange through linked data, Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS) need to be represented in standard interoperable formats. Different formats for KOS representation including MARC, Dublin Core, SKOS, and OWL are introduced as well as the application of Knowledge Organization to a variety of activities and contexts: education, encyclopaedic knowledge, the Internet, libraries, archives, museums, galleries, and other institutions collecting and providing access to recorded knowledge.

Key coverage includes:

Ontology and epistemology in KO
KO structures: lists, hierarchies, facets...
KO types: tagging, taxonomies, thesauri, classifications...
Conceptual analysis of documents
Applications in the digital age

Covering theoretical and practical aspects of KO and using real-life examples to illustrate its application, this book will be a valuable resource for students, researchers, and practitioners of Knowledge Organization, information organization, cataloguing, and classification.

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Technical Services Quarterly praises Gnoli's book as a "well-written, brief, but mighty introduction to knowledge organisation," recommending it for instructors and students seeking both an overview and deeper understanding of theoretical and practical KO issues.

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ISBN: 9781783304653

Publisher: Facet Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 July 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Facet Publishing

Audience: Professional and scholarly

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Spine width: 8.0mm

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 104

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About the Author

Claudio Gnoli is an academic librarian and researcher in knowledge organization at the University of Pavia, Italy. His work focuses on Knowledge organization theory and KO systems - especially faceted classification schemes - and their application to digital information systems. He is co-author of Interdisciplinary Knowledge Organization with R. Szostak and M. Lopez-Huertas (2016), co-editor of the ISKO Encyclopedia of Knowledge Organization and author of numerous journal articles, conference proceedings and four Italian-language titles. He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Council of the International Society for Knowledge Organization, and he serves on the editorial board of the Basel Register of Thesauri, Ontologies & Classifications (BARTOC).

Introduction to Knowledge Organization