Developing a taxonomy as a knowledge organisation system for cultural heritage networks.

A methodology was developed for the construction of a taxonomy for a digital cultural heritage network. By comparing the features of the taxonomy with what is required of cultural networks, the findings suggest that taxonomies have clear advantages as knowledge organisation systems, particularly whe...

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Main Author:	Tan, Pei Jiun.
Other Authors:	Chaudhry, Abdus Sattar
Format:	Theses and Dissertations
Published:	2008
Subjects:	DRNTU::Library and information science::Libraries::Cataloguing and classification
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10356/1742
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Institution:	Nanyang Technological University

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spelling	sg-ntu-dr.10356-17422019-12-10T12:57:48Z Developing a taxonomy as a knowledge organisation system for cultural heritage networks. Tan, Pei Jiun. Chaudhry, Abdus Sattar Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information DRNTU::Library and information science::Libraries::Cataloguing and classification A methodology was developed for the construction of a taxonomy for a digital cultural heritage network. By comparing the features of the taxonomy with what is required of cultural networks, the findings suggest that taxonomies have clear advantages as knowledge organisation systems, particularly when user-orientation is critical, browsing is the preferred mode of information discovery and documentation practices have yet to be standardised across the institutions. Master of Science (Information Studies) 2008-09-10T08:35:49Z 2008-09-10T08:35:49Z 2004 2004 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/1742 Nanyang Technological University application/pdf
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description	A methodology was developed for the construction of a taxonomy for a digital cultural heritage network. By comparing the features of the taxonomy with what is required of cultural networks, the findings suggest that taxonomies have clear advantages as knowledge organisation systems, particularly when user-orientation is critical, browsing is the preferred mode of information discovery and documentation practices have yet to be standardised across the institutions.
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title	Developing a taxonomy as a knowledge organisation system for cultural heritage networks.
title_short	Developing a taxonomy as a knowledge organisation system for cultural heritage networks.
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Developing a taxonomy as a knowledge organisation system for cultural heritage networks.

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