Information and Digital Knowledge Organisation

Recommended Prerequisites

Particularly recommended knowledge of 1st cycle Curricular Units of Representation of Information and Standards and Digital Metadata.

Teaching Methods

Teaching methodology:

- Presentation and discussion, on an seminar environment, of the core concepts of Knowledge Organization

- Exploration and characterization of Knowledge Organization projects on the World Wide Web

- Exploration and characterization of new proposals for organizing knowledge on the World Wide Web

- Presentation and discussion, on an seminar environment, of the Semantic Web

 

The teaching-learning process is supported by an e-learning platform.

 

According to the Regulamento de Avaliação de Conhecimentos da FLUC

(http://www.uc.pt/fluc/regulamentos/docspdf/reg_aval_conhecim_2_ciclo_.pdf), it is applied the system of continuous assessment.

 

Evaluation methodology:

- Continuous work: involvement and participation in online and offline seminar sessions (50%)

- Term paper or practical project (50%).

Learning Outcomes

This curricular unit aims to embrace theoretical and historical fundamentals of knowledge organization, as well as current practices. Starting with the discussion of concepts and terminology and of the application context of semantic schemas such as thesaurus, taxonomies and ontologies, the Semantic Web will be examined, along with new schemas of knowledge representation, to understand theoretical fundamentals and practical implications to the digital environment.

 

Objectives

1. To understand the context in which individuals and organizations operate today, in regard to information management

2. To understand the role of information and knowledge management in an organization

3. To identify and select suitable tools for information and knowledge management

 

Competencies

− Professional level usage of tools to organize, share and communicate information and knowledge

− Critical approach and attitude towards information and knowledge organization issues

 

Learning outcomes:

1) to understand the main theoretical frameworks that originated the fundamental concepts of knowledge organization

2) to understand the main theoretical frameworks for digital knowledge and information organization

3) to critically address scientific discourse and scientific-based practices in the field of information and knowledge organization

4) to understand current issues, particularly regarding the impact of digital technologies.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Knowledge organization: fundamental concepts

1.1 Origins and application of knowledge organization systems

1.2 Characterization of knowledge organization systems

2. Knowledge organization systems and their application to digital libraries and archives

2.1. Planning

2.2. Requirement analysis

2.3. Infrastructure

2.4. Setup and maintenance

2.5. User interaction

3. Order and disorder in knowledge organization: from centralized to distributed classification

4. The Semantic Web: visions and tools

4.1. Open Data

4.2. Linked Data

4.3. Metadata and protocols for interoperability.

Head Lecturer(s)

Mário José Alcobaça Simões Bernardes

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Continuous work: involvement and participation in online and offline seminar sessions : 50.0%
Term paper or practical project : 50.0%

Bibliography

ABBAS, June (2010) - Structures for organizing knowledge. New York : Neal-Schuman. ISBN 9781555706999

BERNERS-LEE, T.; Fischetti, M. (1999) - Weaving the Web. San Francisco: Harper. P. 1-6; 123-141.

GILCHRIST, Alan (2003) - Thesauri, taxonomies and ontologies. Journal of Documentation, 59:1 (2003), 7-18.

HJØRLAND, B. (2008) - What is Knowledge Organization (KO)? Knowledge Organization. 35: 2/3 (2008), 86-
101.

LAMBE, Patrick (2007) - Organising knowledge. Oxford : Chandos. ISBN 1843342278

LEE, Sul H, ed. lit. (2007) - Digital information and knowledge management. Binghamton, NY : Haworth. ISBN
9780789035653

MACGREGOR, George, MCCULLOCH, Emma (2006) - Collaborative tagging as a knowledge organisation
and resource discovery tool. Library Review. 55:5 (2006), 291 - 300

ROWLEY, Jennifer (2008) - Organizing knowledge . 4ª ed. Hampshire : Ashgate. ISBN 9780754644316

SVENONIUS, E. (2001) -The Intellectual Foundation of Information Organization. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. 1-14.