Classification and Categorization: A Difference that Makes a Difference

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Title:	Classification and Categorization: A Difference that Makes a Difference
Author(s):	Jacob, Elin K.
Subject(s):	Philosophy of information Library science --Philosophy Information science --Philosophy
Abstract:	Examination of the systemic properties and forms of interaction that characterize classification and categorization reveals fundamental syntactic differences between the structure of classification systems and the structure of categorization systems. These distinctions lead to meaningful differences in the contexts within which information can be apprehended and influence the semantic information available to the individual. Structural and semantic differences between classification and categorization are differences that make a difference in the information environment by influencing the functional activities of an information system and by contributing to its constitution as an information environment.
Issue Date:	2004
Publisher:	Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Citation Info:	In Library Trends 52(3) Winter 2004: 515-540.
Genre:	Article
Type:	Text
Language:	English
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/2142/1686
ISSN:	0024-2594
Publication Status:	published or submitted for publication
Rights Information:	Copyright owned by Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. 2004.
Date Available in IDEALS:	2007-07-23

Library Trends 52 (3) Winter 2004: The Philosophy of Information
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