This is a preprint of a paper published in Raghavan, K.S. and Prasad, K.N. (Editors). Assisted by S.K. Lalitha. Knowledge organization, information systems and other essays: Prof. A. Neelameghan
festschrift. New Delhi: Ess Ess Publications for Ranganathan Centre for Information Studies, 2006. (pages 89 â 110).
Abstract:
Objective: The objective of this citation study is to understand the use and influence of
the concept of â controlled vocabulariesâ in Geographic Information Science (GIS) as part
of a larger goal to distinguish information science from information technology.
Methods: Articles with pre-selected descriptors that represented the concept of
â controlled vocabulariesâ within GIS were selected from GeoRef and validated in ISI
indexes. Bibliographic coupling and content analysis of the article titles were used to
draw clusters and understand the influence of the concept of controlled vocabularies in
other discipline such as the geosciences.
Results and Conclusion: The results from this analysis provide one perspective of the
LIS sub-domain of â controlled vocabulariesâ as represented in GeoRef and used in the
context of GIS research and scholarship. Findings are used to suggest future research
directions to address issues related to better understanding of the concept of â controlled
vocabulariesâ and the provision of knowledge organization tools that will promote
interdisciplinary understanding. The creation of special, more-finely grained in-depth
classifications and thesauri for the concept itself, namely, â controlled vocabularyâ is
recommended.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/106041 |
| Date | January 2006 |
| Creators | Coleman, Anita Sundaram, Bracke, Paul |
| Contributors | Raghavan, K. S., Prasad, K. N. |
| Publisher | New Delhi, India: Ess Ess Publications |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Book Chapter |
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