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      Need for a systemic theory of classification in information science

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      Author
      Karamuftuoglu, M.
      Date
      2007
      Source Title
      Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
      Print ISSN
      1532-2882
      Electronic ISSN
      1532-2890
      Publisher
      Wiley
      Volume
      58
      Issue
      13
      Pages
      1977 - 1987
      Language
      English
      Type
      Article
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      Abstract
      In the article, the author aims to clarify some of the issues surrounding the discussion regarding the usefulness of a substantive classification theory in information science (IS) by means of a broad perspective. By utilizing a concrete example from the High Accuracy Retrieval from Documents (HARD) track of a Text REtrieval Conference (TREC), the author suggests that the "bag of words" approach to information retrieval (IR) and techniques such as relevance feedback have significant limitations in expressing and resolving complex user information needs. He argues that a comprehensive analysis of information needs involves explicating often-implicit assumptions made by the authors of scholarly documents, as well as everyday texts such as news articles. He also argues that progress in IS can be furthered by developing general theories that are applicable to multiple domains. The concrete example of application of the domain-analytic approach to subject analysis in IS to the aesthetic evaluation of works of information arts is used to support this argument.
      Keywords
      Information retrieval
      Information science
      Problem solving
      Domain-analytic approach
      High accuracy retrieval from documents
      Text retrieval conference
      Classification (of information)
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      http://hdl.handle.net/11693/23344
      Published Version (Please cite this version)
      http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asi.20678
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