Ontogenic analysis of knowledge organization systems¶

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Description¶

Ontogenic analysis is the description of how a subject or a set of classes changes in a knowledge organization system over time. The paper identifies it as a research area applied to major systems like the DDC, UDC, and Wikipedia, and illustrates it with visualizations of UDC main-class distributions across editions and of eugenics changing position in the DDC by decade. It states: 'Ontogenic analysis is the description of how a subject changes or a set of classes change a knowledge organization system over time.' The paper observes that such analyses assume a geologic or archaeological time metaphor, treating each edition as a stratum.

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Context¶

Requirements¶

• A versioned or editioned knowledge organization system whose change history can be traced

Constraints¶

• The paper notes these analyses assume an accretion of meaning and structure over time, a geologic metaphor distinct from Buckland's single-line conception

Target Learners¶

• knowledge organization researchers

Target Learning Goals¶

• understanding semantic change in classification schemes over time

Affordances¶

• Three Time Metaphors Knowledge Organization Systems

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Key Sources¶

• Tennis, J.T. (2013). Metaphors of time and installed knowledge organization systems: Ouroboros, Architectonics, or Lachesis? Information Research, 18(3) paper C38. http://InformationR.net/ir/18-3/colis/paperC38.html