Knowledge Organization Systems

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Knowledge Organization Systems (or KOS) is a generic term used in Knowledge organization about authority lists, classification systems, thesauri, topic maps, ontologies etc.

See also

• Authority control
• Library and information science
• Library classification
• Controlled vocabulary
• Ontology (information science)
• Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS)

References

Hodge, G. (2000). Systems of Knowledge Organization for Digital libraries. Beyond traditional authority files. Washington, DC: the Council on Library and Information Resources. http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub91/contents.html

Garshol, L M (2004) Metadata? Thesauri? Taxonomies? Topic maps! Making sense of it all. Journal of Information Science, 30 (4). 378-391. Online tilgængelig: http://www.ontopia.net/topicmaps/materials/tm-vs-thesauri.html

Tudhope, D. & Lykke Nielsen, M. (2006). Introduction to special issue: Knowledge Organization Systems and Services. New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia, 12(1), 3-9. http://www.journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/media/m35eac0c7l6wvk510nr7/contributions/r/0/7/7/r077564631920800.pdf

Zeng, M. L. & Chan, L. M. (2004). Trends and issues in establishing interoperability among knowledge organization systems. Journal for the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 55(5), 377-395.

Networked Knowledge Organization Systems/Services NKOS: http://nkos.slis.kent.edu/

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