Classification and Categorization: A Difference that Makes a Difference
Jacob, Elin K.
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Title
Classification and Categorization: A Difference that Makes a Difference
Author(s)
Jacob, Elin K.
Issue Date
2004
Keyword(s)
Philosophy of information
Library science --Philosophy
Information science --Philosophy
Abstract
Examination of the systemic properties and forms of interaction
that characterize classification and categorization reveals fundamental syntactic
differences between the structure of classification systems and the
structure of categorization systems. These distinctions lead to meaningful
differences in the contexts within which information can be apprehended
and influence the semantic information available to the individual. Structural
and semantic differences between classification and categorization are
differences that make a difference in the information environment by influencing
the functional activities of an information system and by contributing
to its constitution as an information environment.
Publisher
Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
ISSN
0024-2594
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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