Use the three time metaphors as lenses to analyse extant or newly designed knowledge organization systems¶

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Description¶

The paper recommends adopting an explicit time metaphor — architectonic, ouroboric, or lachesic — as a lens to analyse knowledge organization systems, because each metaphor implies different validation practices. It states these three metaphors 'can be used as lenses to analyse extant or newly designed knowledge organization systems.' Choosing a metaphor determines when to consult the domain, when to revise, and whether old concepts may be revised at all.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Analysts must be explicit about which metaphor they adopt, since the paper anticipates debate over which is best

Constraints¶

• The paper calls the alignment of metaphors with indexing perspectives rough approximations, and notes the timing of domain reconsideration under the incremental architectonic metaphor is currently an unknown

Target Learners¶

• knowledge organization researchers
• classification scheme editors and vocabulary designers

Target Learning Goals¶

• evaluating and designing knowledge organization systems with explicit temporal assumptions

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