Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 12:35:57 -0500 From: Gerry Mckiernan <mailto:GMCKIERN@GWGATE.LIB.IASTATE.EDU> Subject: Library Subject and Organization Systems as Ontologies To: mailto:WEBCAT-L@WUVMD.WUSTL.EDU
Library Subject and Organizational Systems
as Ontologies
In preparation for a presentation and paper, I am greatly interested in
learning about any and all
research that views and analyzes established Library
Classification Systems (e.g L of Congress Classification, Dewey, Colon, etc.) as
Ontologies.
I am also interested in any work that views
Controlled Vocabularies as Ontologies, specifically
in application as Index Terms or Descriptors, and in a formal Thesaurus
structures. I am particulary interested in efforts that conceptualize Cross
Reference (BT, NT, RT) structures in Online Systems
as Ontologies.
For background information about Ontology, I strongly recommend the
MIKROKOSMOS ONTOLOGY resource
page as well as its major links, at:
http://crl.nmsu.edu/Research/Projects/mikro/htmls/ontology-htmls/onto.index.html
As Always, Any and All citations, sources, contributions, critiques,
questions, concerns,
comments, or queries are Most Welcome!
Joy!
Gerry McKiernan
Curator, CyberStacks(sm)
Iowa State University
Ames IA 50011
mailto:gerrymck@iastate.edu
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/
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