From Knowledge Abstraction to Management. Using Ranganathan’s Faceted Schema to Develop Conceptual Frameworks for Digital Libraries

264 Pages·2014·8.76 MB·English

by  Aparajita Suman (Auth.)

From Knowledge Abstraction to
Management
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From Knowledge
Abstraction to Management
Using Ranganathan’s Faceted Schema
to develop conceptual frameworks for
digital libraries
A S
PARAJITA UMAN
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First published in 2014
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List of figures and tables
Figures
2.1 The semantic web technology stack 24
2.2 Different approaches to the semantic web 25
2.3 Powerset results 26
2.4 Gnosis search interface 28
6.1 Interplay of technologies in the semantic web 130
6.2 A faceted taxonomy with two facets 141
6.3 Visual map for the semantic web 143
6.4 Faceted navigation application from IBM 148
7.1 ArgoUML interface: main panel 175
7.2 ArgoUML interface: explorer 176
7.3 ArgoUML interface: design page 176
7.4 ArgoUML interface: adding the classes 177
7.5 ArgoUML interface: selecting classes 178
7.6 ArgoUML interface: direct text editing 178
7.7 ArgoUML interface: defining class properties 179
7.8 ArgoUML interface: defining association
properties 179
7.9 Ontologies to classify concepts 181
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7.10 Inheritance diagram 182
7.11 Normal ontology model 183
7.12 Data input screen for the faceted profile 185
7.13 Use case diagram magnified 185
7.14 Common ontology map for the given title 202
7.15 Data input screen for the faceted profile 203
7.16 Magnified UML map 204
Tables
3.1 Evolution of library classification schemes 42
3.2 Development of information retrieval systems 45
3.3 Fine-tuning search engine technology – some
examples 48
4.1 Web application frameworks 105
5.1 Translation between DAML and UML 124
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List of abbreviations
AI artificial intelligence
API application programming interface
CASE computer-aided software engineering
CRG Classification Research Group
DAML DARPA Agent Markup Language
DAML-ONT DAML Ontology
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DDC Dewey Decimal Classification
DIDL Digital Item Declaration Language
DL Description Logics
FOAF Friend of a Friend
GUI graphical user interface
HTML Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol
IR information retrieval
ISKO Society for Knowledge Organization
IST Information Society Technologies
JSON JavaScript Object Notation
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JSP Java Serverside Page
KIF Knowledge Interchange Format
KL-One Knowledge Language One
KO knowledge organization
KR knowledge representation
LCC Library of Congress Classification
LIS Library and Information Science
MDA Model Driven Architecture
MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MPEG Moving Picture Experts Group
MVC model view controller
NSF National Science Foundation
OCL Object Constraint Language
OIL Ontology Inference Layer
OKBC Open Knowledge Base Connectivity
OMG Object Management Group
OWL Web Ontology Language
PHP Hypertext Preprocessor
PMEST Personality, Matter, Energy, Space, Time
RDF Resource Description Framework
RDFS Resource Description Framework Schema
SHOE Simple HTML Ontology Extensions
SIMILE Semantic Interoperability of Metadata and
Information in unlike Environments
SIOC Semantically-Interlinked Online Communities
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List of abbrCeovinatteionntss
SKOS S imple Knowledge Organization System
SPARQL SPARQL Protocol and RDF Query
Language
UDC Universal Decimal Classification
UML Unified Modeling Language
URI Uniform Resource Identifier
URL Uniform Resource Locator
W3C World Wide Web Consortium
XHTML E xtensible Hypertext Markup Language
XMI XML Metadata Interchange
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About the author
Aparajita Suman has around 15 years’ work experience,
12 of which are exclusively in planning, setting up and
managing specialized knowledge management and
communication systems. She has helped organizations to use
knowledge and to enable information and computer
technologies in order to achieve their goals in social
development in the following areas: training/capacity
development workshops; strategic and operational action
plans; design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation
of communication strategies; developing corporate
communication/information, education and communication
materials; documentation; and handling conventional as
well as digital media.
In her previous assignments Aparajita has filled the
multiple roles of a trusted advisor and strategist across a
wide range of sectors, including the private sector, national/
international-level organizations, state and national
government institutions (Defence Research and Development
Laboratory, Hyderabad; ICICI Knowledge Park, Hyderabad;
Indigene Pharmaceuticals; UNAIDS; UN Office on Drugs
and Crime; Oxfam India; FHI 360). Setting new standards
of excellence in communication, mass media advocacy and
training, she has successfully built strong and effective
knowledge management and communications systems using
a combination of people, processes and technology.
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