KO KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION

Knowl­edge organization systems are likely to reveal disagreements and controversies in the construction of knowl­edge. This article looks at the social tensions reflected in the use of terms such as "race" or typical expressions like "woke" or...

This article discusses the nature of social science, emphasizing characteristics important to knowl­edge organization. It addresses the nature of social science disciplines, and compares social science to natural science and the humanities. It...

This article addresses the underutilization of knowl­edge organization systems (KOS) elements in online library catalogs, hindering effective subject-based search and discovery. It highlights the International Society for Knowl­edge Organization's...

The term “social epistemology” (SE) was first used by the library and information scientist Jesse Shera in 1951, but soon the term became muddled, and it did not become influential at that time. Later, it became known as the name for two...

The aim of the present article is to report the construction of a medical knowl­edge organization system (MKOS) for the Allergy Unit of the Montpellier University Hospital in France, according to a utility-based contextual approach. The inputs from...

The goal of this study is to develop a semantic artifact for capturing and inferencing medically significant information from the patient narration. The motivation for such a framework emerges from the understanding of the significance of patient...