KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION STRUCTURES, SYSTEMS AND SERVICES      3 Credit Hours

Catalog description

(Slashed with LIS 80636 ) Introduction to various types of knowledge organization structures, services, and systems (KOS) used in the networked environment. Understanding of the functional philosophical, logical and linguistic fundamentals of KOS. Explanation of design options, features of KOS, and procedures to be used in the taxonomy, thesaurus and ontology construction. Analysis and evaluation of KOS. Issues related to online display, visualization, interoperability and internationalization.