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

• 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
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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...