Some Temporal Aspects of Indexing and Classification: Toward a Metrics for Measuring Scheme Change
Proceedings of the North American Symposium on Knowledge Organization, 2012
6 Pages Posted: 8 Dec 2016
Date Written: February 7, 2012
Abstract
In this paper we discuss the temporal aspects of indexing and classification in information systems. Basing this discussion off of the three sources of research of scheme change: of indexing: (1) analytical research on the types of scheme change and (2) empirical data on scheme change in systems and (3) evidence of cataloguer decision-making in the context of scheme change. From this general discussion we propose two constructs along which we might craft metrics to measure scheme change: collocative integrity and semantic gravity. The paper closes with a discussion of these constructs.
Keywords: Indexing, Classification, Time, Scheme Change, Constructs for Measurement
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