Knowledge Organization Systems: Definition and Historical Development
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| Formato: | artículo original |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2017 |
| Descripción: | This essay analyzes Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS) with the aim to establish its concept and historical evolution. It proposes that KOS are essential in library science because standardizes the ordering process and enable an effective information retrieval. It determines that: (1) in the conceptual facet converges many concepts of KOS, (2) their historical evolution is associated with interdisciplinary visions (epistemology, cognitive sciences, library science, computer science), (3) along the time, have gone through various stages, associated with prevailing organizers paradigms and, (4) currently, KOS are in a process of adjustment to digital contexts: associated with the Web 2.0, Semantic Web and Linked Data. Finally, it concludes that the theoretical study about the KOS is important because it contributes to a better planning of the practical applications that it may have in the organization of information resources. |
| País: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institución: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Lenguaje: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/26878 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/eciencias/article/view/26878 |
| Palabra clave: | Information representation and retrieval Indexing languages Classification Subject headings lists Thesaurus Ontologies Representación y recuperación de la información Lenguaje documentales Clasificaciones Listas de encabezamientos de materias Tesauros Ontologías |