Zeng ML, Chan LM. "Trends and issues in establishing interoperability among knowledge organization systems" Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 55(5):377-395, March 2004.
Eugene Garfield
garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU
Tue May 25 13:04:58 EDT 2004
Marcia Lei Zeng : mzeng at kent.edu
Lois Mai Chan : loischan at uky.edu
TITLE Trends and issues in establishing interoperability among
knowledge organization systems
AUTHOR Zeng ML, Chan LM
JOURNAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 55 (5): 377-395 MAR 2004
Document type: Article Language: English Cited References: 69
Times Cited: 0 Explanation
Abstract:
This report analyzes the methodologies used in establishing
interoperability among knowledge organization systems (KOS) such as
controlled vocabularies and classification schemes that present the
organized interpretation of knowledge structures. The development and
trends of KOS are discussed with reference to the online era and the
Internet era. Selected current projects and activities addressing KOS
interoperability issues are reviewed in terms of the languages and
structures involved. The methodological analysis encompasses both
conventional and new methods that have proven to be widely accepted,
including derivation/modeling, translation/adaptation, satellite and leaf
node linking, direct mapping, co-occurrence mapping, switching, linking
through a temporary union list, and linking through a thesaurus server
protocol. Methods used in link storage and management, as well as common
issues regarding mapping and methodological options, are also presented. It
is concluded that interoperability of KOS is an unavoidable issue and
process in today's networked environment. There have been and will be many
multi-lingual products and services, with many involving various structured
systems. Results from recent efforts are encouraging.
KeyWords Plus:
SOCIAL-SCIENCES, BROAD SYSTEM, THESAURUS
Addresses:
Zeng ML, Kent State Univ, Sch Lib & Informat Sci, Kent, OH 44242 USA
Kent State Univ, Sch Lib & Informat Sci, Kent, OH 44242 USA
Univ Kentucky, Sch Lib & Informat Sci, Lexington, KY 40506 USA
Publisher:
JOHN WILEY & SONS INC, 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN, NJ 07030 USA
IDS Number:
777ZK
ISSN:
1532-2882
EXCERPT :
BACKGROUND
It is helpful if we look at the development and trends of KOS and reference
to the two distinguished periods: the online era and the Internet era.
_KOS and Compatibility Efforts in the Online Era_
The most significant period in the history of KOS development was from the
early 1960s to the late 1980s, with the growth of online databases. During
the mid to late 1950s, when computing technologies and scientific
literature both experienced rapid growth, theories on information and
communication as applied to indexing and retrieval were gradually
established, as disucssed inTaube's five-volume series Studies in
Coordinate Indeing published in 1953-1959 (Taube, 1953-); Eugene Garfield's
Citation Indexes for Science published in Science in 1955 (Garfield, 1955)
(http://
www.garfield.library.upenn.edu/papers/science_v122(3159)p108y1955.html)
and the 1958 International Conference on Scientific Information (NAS, 1959)
(http://books.nap.edu/books/NI000518/html/R19.html#pagetop). Putting
theories to practice, Chemical Titles (1960-), a current awareness tool for
chemistry resulting from Hans PeterLuhn's research (Luhn, 1961), began
publication in 1960. Within ten years, computerized large-scale
bibliographic processing materialized through NASA's STAR (Scientific and
Technical Aerospace Reports), MEDLARS,ERIC, And the Science Citation
Index. The batch processing systems of the 1960s were folled by the
online interactive retrieval systems of the 1970s and beyond (Lancaster &
Warner, 1993), including NASA-RECON, DIALOG, MEDLINE, LEXIS, BRS, etc. The
number of databases offered by DIALOG increased from three to over 200
between 1972 and 1984 and to over 450 by 1995.
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ALA COMM CAT DESCR ACC C 2000
*AM CHEM SOC CHEM TITL 1960
*ANSI NISO Z39192003 ANSINISO 1999
*BSO FID PUBL 564 1978
*CARMEN WP12 CROSS COND CLASS SAU 2000
*CLASS WEB WEB SIT LIBR C CAT DISTR SER 2002
*COGN SCI LAB PRIC WORDN HOM 2003
*ENGL HER NAT MON REC THES ONL 1999
*GETT RES I VACUBULARY DATABASES 2000
*HILT HILT HIGH LEV THES P 2000
*IFLA NEWSLETER 24 2001
*ISKO REC RES SEM COMP INT 1995
*ISO 2788 ISO 1986
*ISO 5964 ISO 1985
*LIBR C CAT DISTR MARC 21 FORM BIBL DA 1999
*NAS P INT C SCI INF WASH 1959
*NKOS CLIR PUB 91 2000
*NLM FACT SHEET UMLS METH 2003
*NLM FACT SHEET UMLS SEM 2000
*OCLC WEBD 2002
*U CAL SAN BARB ADL HOM 2003
*VRA VRA COR CAT VERS 3 0 2002
*WORDN WORDN 1 7 1 REF MAN 2002
BUCKLAND M D LIB MAGAZINE 5 1999
CHAN LM J INTERNET CATALOGIN 4 35 2001
CHAN LM THESURI USED ONLINE 1988
CLEVERDON CW ASLIB P 19 173 1967
COATES EJ INT FORUM INFORMATIO 4 3 1979
DACHELET R MULTILINGUAL QUERYIN 1997
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HIMANKA J INT CLASSIF 19 131 1992
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HUMPHREYS BL INT CLASSIF 15 85 1988
IYER H KNOWL ORGAN 22 141 1995
JANEE G ADL THESAURUS PROTOC 2002
JOUGUELET S SUBJECT INDEXING PRI 64 1995
KOCH T SUBJECT RETRIEVAL NE 25 2003
KUHR PS SUBJECT RETRIEVAL NE 33 2003
KUNZ M 68 IFLA COUNC GEN C 2002
LANCASTER FW AM DOC 20 119 1969
LANCASTER FW INFORMATION RETRIEVA 1993
LINDBERG DA EFMI EUROPEAN FEDERA 1987
LUHN HP INFORMATION RETRIE 2 3 1021 1961
MICHOLSON D 68 IFLA COUNC GEN C 2002
MICHOLSON D GLOBAL DIGITAL LIBR 219 2001
NICHOLSON D SUBJECT RETRIEVAL NE 61 2003
NIEHOFF R INT CLASSIF 12 2 1985
NOY NF 17 INT JOINT C ART I 2001
OLSON T SUBJECT RETRIEVAL NE 21 2003
PITERNICK AB ENCY LIB INFORMATION 45 399 1990
RIESTHUIS GJA SUBJECT RETRIEAL NET 11 2003
SAGER JC INT CLASSIFICATION 3 9 19 1982
SCHWEITZER A SUBJECT INDEXING PRI 16 1995
SCIBOR E KNOWL ORGAN 21 203 1994
SINKANHAS GM ENCY LIBR INFORMATIO 27 160 1979
SPARCK JK INFORMATION RETRIEVA 213 1981
SPARCK JK READINGS INFORMTION 9 1997
TAUBE M STUDIES COORDINATE I 1959
THEROND D EUROPEAN HERITAGE NE 2000
WHITELOCK PJ INT CLASSIF 9 145 1982
WIGGINS EV ENCY LIB INFORMATION 19 116 1976
ZENG L ENCY LIBR INFORMATIO 50 1 1992
ZENG ML SUBJECT RETRIEVAL NE 122 2001
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