Introduction to Knowledge Organization SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African Studies

Introduction to Knowledge Organization SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African StudiesThis book provides a complete introduction to the rapidly expanding field of Knowledge organization (KO), presenting historical precedents and theoretical foundations in a discursive, intelligible form, covering the philosophical, linguistic and technical aspects. In the contemporary context of global information exchange through linked data, Knowledge organization systems (KOS) need to be represented in standard inter operable formats. Different

First-hand perspectives of pioneering and pivotal artists form the basis of chapters penned by leading scholars and curators of Nordic art

we revisit iconic tourist sites from the Eiffel Tower – whose stairs and crossbars inspired more than one famous chase scene – to the Moulin Rouge overlooking the famously seedy Place Pigalle

curator Annie Ivanova offers here the first comprehensive compendium of the elements and influences of the growing Asian design aesthetic emerging from Taiwan

late Victorian scientists

dance science and body-mind studies

and applications sections

To understand creative content for the web

with far too many people working in poor quality jobs

The book provides a linguistic mirror through which the reader may see his or her own specific invalidity reflected

the United Kingdom plans to turn off its analog

playwright

and also of everyday life