Results for Classification

There are 33 resources for Classification in the library.

Articles and Papers

Happiness is Taxonomy: Four Structures for Snoopy
by Katherine Bertolucci (3/2003)
Subject: Classification, Information Organization
Language: English
Abstract: As information access becomes increasingly virtual, librarians and information managers are creating new gateways to knowledge. One of these gateways is taxonomy, a technique that organizes information into hierarchical categories. This article includes insights into the art of category creation, insights that are useful to anyone attempting to build or to understand taxonomy.

A Taxonomy Primer
by Amy J. Warner (2002)
Subject: Classification, Controlled Vocabularies, Thesauri
Language: English
Abstract: An introductory article discussing when and how to use controlled vocabularies in the development of information architectures.

Bottoms Up: Designing Complex, Adaptive Systems
by Peter Morville (2002)
Subject: Controlled Vocabularies, Faceted Classification
Language: English
Abstract: Explores how the reductionism trend makes for in-cohesive sites. Discusses the use of a bottom-up rather than a top-down approach to information architecture design to make your Web site whole.

Classification, Facets, and Metaproperties
by Martin Frické, Scott Hill (1/2011)
Subject: Faceted Classification, Information Architecture - General, Navigation, Ontologies
Language: English
Abstract: The paper argues that second order properties or metaproperties are essential for classification and navigation of information, for example for faceted classification and the navigation it generates. The paper observes that metaproperties, are not accommodated well within such standard schemes as Z39.19, description logics (DLs), and the formal ontologies OWL, BFO, and DOLCE.
Note: Frické, M. (2011). Classification, Facets, and Metaproperties. Journal of Information Architecture. Vol. 2, No. 2. [Available at http://journalofia.org/volume2/issue2/04-fricke/]

Extracting Value from Automated Classification Tools: the Role of Manual Involvement and Controlled Vocabularies
by Kat Hagedorn (2001)
Subject: Classification, Indexing, Software
Language: English
Abstract: Automated classification tools can't solve today's large-scale web and intranet indexing challenges alone. Neither can humans. But solutions that integrate human expertise with software products such as Interwoven's Metatagger and Autonomy's Categorizer can provide real value and savings. After a brief introduction to automated classification, this white paper discusses the benefits and limitations of manual, automated, and hybrid approaches. It explores the opportunities for leveraging controlled vocabularies and thesauri to produce more effective indexing solutions.

FaceTag: Integrating Bottom-up and Top-down Classification in a Social Tagging System
by Emanuele Quintarelli, Andrea Resmini, Luca Rosati (9/30/2006)
Subject: Faceted Classification, Information Retrieval, Social Context
Language: English
Abstract: FaceTag is a working prototype of a semantic collaborative tagging tool conceived for bookmarking information architecture resources. It aims to show how the flat keywords space of user-generated tags can be effectively mixed with a richer faceted classification scheme to improve the system information architecture. Facets constitute an adaptive classification system capable to represent both a knowledge in movement (like that of collaborative environments) and several mental models at the same time. The blend of tags and facets is able to empower the information scent and berrypicking capabilities of the system.

Faceted classification for community services using CRG standard categories
by Claudio Gnoli, Maria Elisabetta Lai, Luca Rosati (7/6/2005)
Subject: Case Studies, Controlled Vocabularies, Experience Design, Faceted Classification, Findability, Information Architecture - Theory
Language: English
Abstract: Faceted classification is increasingly considered as a tool in non-traditional knowledge organization contexts, such as knowledge management and information architecture. These new applications, however, are rarely based on the full theory of facet analysis as developed by Ranganathan and the CRG (Classification Research Group). In this paper we report the creation of a faceted scheme to organize Web resources concerning regional community services, including remote management of cases (e- government).

Facets & Controlled Vocabularies
by Karl Fast, Fred Leise, Mike Steckel (2002)
Subject: Controlled Vocabularies, Faceted Classification
Language: English
Abstract: The authors present a comprehensive overview of faceted classifications and controlled vocabularies.

Facets in your Future
by Bob Doyle (6/8/2004)
Subject: Faceted Classification
Language: English
Abstract: A faceted alternative to fixed-hierarchy, single-taxonomy, directory-style websites.

Faucet Facets: A Few Best Practices for Designing Multifaceted Navigation Systems
by Jeffrey Veen (2002)
Subject: Faceted Browsing, Faceted Classification
Language: English
Abstract: Jeffrey Veen discusses the best practices for designing navigation systems for architectures based on faceted classification in the areas of facet selection, winnowing interaction, and results rendering. Examples are included for each.

Folksonomies - Cooperative Classification and Communication Through Shared Metadata
by Adam Mathes (12/2004)
Subject: Classification
Language: English
Abstract: An explanation of folksonomies, with examples from Flickr and del.icio.us.

How to Make a Faceted Classification and Put It On the Web
by William Denton (3/28/2009)
Subject: Faceted Classification
Language: English
Abstract: Describes when to use faceted classification on web sites and provides instruction for creating a faceted classification system.
Also available at: iainstitute.org/translations/001191.php
Available Translations:
Deutsch at iainstitute.org/de/translations/wie_man_eine_facettenklassifikation_erstellt_und_diese_ins_web_bringt_teil_1_von_2.php
Nederlands at iainstitute.org/nl/translations/hoe_maak_je_een_facetclassificatie_en_hoe_plaats_je_haar_op_het_web_.php

Innovation in Classification
by Peter Merholz (2001)
Subject: Faceted Classification
Language: English
Abstract: This article addresses two aspects of classification: innovation and faceted classification. Includes links to additional online resources involving classification.

Observed: The Death of the File System
by Fred Beecher (3/3/2011)
Subject: Classification, Design, Organization
Language: English
Abstract: With their February 24th revelation of more features in the upcoming OS X Lion operating system, Apple may have taken its first steps toward an unfamiliar future… a future in which the file system does not exist.
Note: From Johnny Holland magazine.

Putting it Together: Taxonomy, Classification & Search
by Jeff Morris (2003)
Subject: Classification, Ontologies, Searching
Language: English
Abstract: The integration of taxonomy, classification, and search is covered in this article. The author reviews several possible software solutions.

Specification for Resource Description Methods. Part 3: The Role of Classification Schemes in Internet Resource Description and Discovery
by Michael Day, Traugott Koch
Subject: Faceted Classification
Language: English
Abstract: This study discusses the role of classification schemes in resource description and discovery. It recommends automatic classification processes if large robot-generated services are to offer a good browsing structure for their documents or advanced filtering techniques as well as proper query expansion tools to improve the search process.

Ten Taxonomy Myths (2002)
Subject: Classification
Language: English
Abstract: A discussion of 10 taxonomy myths, created in part by the multi-disciplinary nature of the task and the hype surrounding content management technologies.
Note: From the Montague Institute Review.

The Italian and the English Model of Information Retrieval in the Governmental Websites
by Simone Fuchs, Luca Rosati (10/15/2005)
Subject: Case Studies, Classification, Findability
Language: English
Abstract: We have analyzed the Italian and English governmental website to examine their structures and the means they propose to retrieve information. Their approach is totally different. The Italian website employs a hierarchical system which causes a lot of problems. The main reason of these complications is its inflexibility. The English one on the contrary uses an associative model, presenting various viewpoints to describe the individual service. Indeed public services are accessible by means of many different paths. As a matter of fact this kind of organization assimilates significantly the methods of Faceted Classification, which we applied suggesting an alternative way to structure a governmental website.
Note: Italian keynote at Euro IA (october 14-15, 2005, Brussells).

The Role of Classification in Knowledge Representation and Discovery
by Barabara H. Kwasnik (7/1999)
Subject: Classification, Classification Systems, Organizational Theory
Language: English
Abstract: THE LINK BETWEEN CLASSIFICATION AND KNOWLEDGE is explored. Classification schemes have properties that enable the representation of entities and relationships in structures that reflect knowledge of the domain being classified. Examples are provided of the way in which knowledge and the classification process affect each other.
Note: Cited by Abe Crystal on AIfIA list.

to_be_classified: A Facet Analysis of a Folksonomy (1/2011)
Subject: Faceted Classification
Language: English
Abstract: This paper examines the use of the postulational approach to facet analysis to manually induce a faceted classification ontology from a folksonomy. An in-depth study of faceted classification theory is used to form a methodology based on the postulational approach, which is then used to facet analyze a dataset consisting of over 107,000 instances of 1,275 unique tags representing 76 popular non-fiction history books collected from the LibraryThing folksonomy. Preliminary results of the facet analysis indicate the manual inducement of two faceted classification ontologies in the dataset: a completed ontology representing the domain of books and an incomplete ontology representing the domain of subjects within the domain of books. The grouping of tags into theoretically based facets and conceptual categories give new insight into how users describe information resources. Furthermore, the relationships discerned in the ontologies are user-generated relationships between tagged information items, representing a new form of knowledge. Practical implications of the results are discussed in terms of potential areas in which user-generated metadata can enhance faceted structures in information architecture.
Note: Conradi, E. (2011). to_be_classified. Journal of Information Architecture. Vol. 2, No. 2. [Available at http://journalofia.org/volume2/issue2/02-conradi/]

Understanding Information Taxonomy Helps Build Better Apps (2003)
Subject: Classification
Language: English
Abstract: Explains the basics of taxonomies, how they fit into the broader field of information architecture and how they contribute to organized, logical applications.
Note: From builder.com.

Unraveling the Mysteries of Metadata and Taxonomies
by Samantha Bailey, Christina Wodtke (4/2002)
Subject: Classification, Information Retrieval
Language: English
Abstract: Samantha Bailey, formerly at Argus and current lead IA for Wachovia Corporation's Wachovia.com website, talks about the transition from being a consultant to an "innie" IA, unravels the mysteries of metadata and taxonomies and shares her vision of the future of IA.

Why You Need Your Very Own Taxonomy
by Tom Smith (2001)
Subject: Classification, Ontologies, Searching
Language: English
Abstract: This article is an introduction to taxonomies and faceted classifications.

Blogs, Columns and Journals

Dynamic Taxonomies: A Model for Large Information Bases
by Giovanni M. Sacco (6/2000)
Subject: Faceted Classification, Information Retrieval, Knowledge Management
Language: English
Abstract: A new taxonomic model for structuring and accessing large heterogeneous information bases is presented. The model is designed to simplify both classification and access by computer-illiterate people. It defines simple and intuitive operations to access large information bases at the conceptual level and at different levels of abstraction, in a totally assisted way, through a simple, yet effective visual interface. The model can also be used to summarize result sets computed by other query methods, such as information retrieval, shape retrieval, etc., and to provide user maps for complex hypermedia networks. The experience gained by applying this model to commercial applications is reported. architecture).

Books

Glossary of Terminology in Abstracting, Classification, Indexing and Thesaurus Construction
by Hans Wellisch (2000)
Subject: Classification, Indexing, Thesaurus Design
Language: English
Abstract: This book defines terms used in texts on abstracting, indexing, classification and thesaurus construction, as well as terms for the most common types of documents and their parts. The definitions are derived from such authoritative sources as ISO, ANSI/NISO and BSI.

Knowledge Representation: Logical, Philosophical, and Computational Foundations
by John F. Sowa
Subject: Classics, Classification, Knowledge Management
Language: English
Abstract: Sowa is the great theorist of organizing knowledge using computers and the founder of modern conceptual graph theory.

Sorting Things Out: Classification and Its Consequences
by Geoffrey Bowker, Susan Leigh Star (2000)
Subject: Classification
Language: English
Abstract: Combines sociology, anthropology, and taxonomy - exactly how and why we classify and categorize the things and concepts we encounter day to day.

The subject approach to information
by Antony C. Foskett (1977)
Subject: Classification, Digital Libraries, Indexing
Language: English
Abstract: The Internet and the World Wide Web have made access to information easy but do not solve the problems of finding exactly what we want. Since the first edition of this librarianship text appeared, the development of computer technology has meant that the organization of information has become a complex area. This edition places emphasis on the intellectual effort required to make a meaningful use of the amount of information now accessible to the searcher. It includes: information retrieval systems; database access systems; online searching and OPACs; hypertext; and networked systems. The book describes how we search for information by looking at the problems involved, at the theoretical principles suggested as solutions and their practical realization, classification schemes, lists of subject headings and thesauri.
Available Translations:
Italiano at www.it.bol.com/bol/main.jsp?action=bolscheda&ean=978887075554

Thesaurus Construction and Use: A Practical Manual
by Jean Aitchison, David Bawden, Alan Gilchrist (2000)
Subject: Classification, Thesauri, Thesaurus Design
Language: English
Abstract: A practical, concise guide to the construction of thesauri for use in information retrieval, written by leading experts in the field. Includes topics such as planning and design; vocabulary control; specificity and compound terms; structure and relationships; auxiliary retrieval devices; multilingual thesauri; AAT Compound Term Rules; the US ANSI/NISO Z39.19 Thesaurus construction standard and many more.
Note: This record refers to the 4th edition of the book.

Typologies and Taxonomies : An Introduction to Classification Techniques
by Kenneth Bailey (1994)
Subject: Classification, Thesauri
Language: English
Abstract: Classic introduction to classification schemes.

Women, Fire and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal About the Mind
by George Lakoff (1990)
Subject: Classification, Cognitive Science, Language Processing
Language: English
Abstract: What do categories of language and thought reveal about the human mind? This book has repercussions in a variety of disciplines, ranging from anthropology and psychology to epistemology and the philosophy of science.

Organizations, Conferences and Mailing Lists

TaxoCoP
by Seth Earley (6/2005)
Subject: Classification, Thesauri
Language: English
Abstract: Seth Earley has created a community of practice for those working in taxonomies, thesauri, and other controlled vocabularies. It has grown quickly to about 350 correspondents.

Web Sites and Resources

TaxoTips - Resources for Taxonomies and Controlled Vocabularies
by Bob Doyle (11/2005)
Subject: Classification, Thesauri, Tools & Technology
Language: English
Abstract: Features a taxonomy glossary, books on classification schemes, a community of practice, list of tools for thesauri, taxonomies, and ontologies, webinars.

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