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Knowledge Representation from Classification Schema to Semantic Web (I)
Knowledge Representation from Classification Schema to Semantic Web (I)

Author(s): Silvia-Adriana Tomescu
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Universitatea din Bucuresti, Colectivul de Stiinte ale Informarii si Documentarii
Keywords: knowledge; classification; representation language; semantic web

Summary/Abstract: In this essay we aim to investigate knowledge as approach of describing possible worlds through classification schema, taxonomies, ontologies and semantic web. We focus on the historical background and the methods of culture and civilization representation. In this regard, we studied the ancient concern to classify knowledge, from the biblical period when the Tree Metaphor concentrated the essence of knowledge, to the Francis Bacon classification and then Paul Otlet and we analysed the languages used in the scientific fields and then in the information science field, emphasizing on the improvements of the ICT: hypertext and semantic web. We paid a special attention to the knowledge construction through math language and exchange standards. The reason of the approach comes from the logic and philosophic base of the knowledge representation that underline the idea that only properly structured scientific domains ensure the progress of the society.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 18
  • Page Range: 19-25
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: English