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Semantics and Knowledge Organization

Hjørland, Birger (2007) Semantics and Knowledge Organization. Annual Review of Information Science and Technology 41:367 -405..

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Contents: Introduction: The importance of semantics for information science (IS) The status of semantic research in information science. Semantics and the philosophy of science. Semantics and subject knowledge Semantics and its “warrant” a) Query/situation specific or idiosyncratic b) Universal, Platonic entities/relations c) “Deep semantics” common to all languages (or inherent in cognitive structures) d) Specific to specific empirical languages (e.g. Swedish) e) Domain or discourse specific f) Other (e.g. determined by a company or by a workgroup, “user oriented”) Semantic relations The 'intellectual' versus the social organization of knowledge Conclusion

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