Ten Long-Term Research Questions in Knowledge Organization

@article{Gnoli2008TenLR,
  title={Ten Long-Term Research Questions in Knowledge Organization},
  author={Claudio Gnoli},
  journal={Knowledge Organization},
  year={2008},
  volume={35},
  pages={137-149}
}
  • C. Gnoli
  • Published 2008
  • Education
  • Knowledge Organization
Research can benefit by periodical consideration of its status in a long-term perspective. In knowledge organization (KO), a number of basic questions remain to be addressed in the 21st cen- tury. Ten of them are identified and synthetically discussed: (1) Can KO principles be extended to a broader scope, including hypertexts, multimedia, museum objects, and monuments? (2) Can the two basic approaches, ontological and epistemological, be reconciled? (3) Can any ontological foundation of KO be… 
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