To deal with a large body of knowledge, we need to localize and organize it somehow. Where that knowledge is located, or where and how it is organized, or the system by which it is identified and perhaps indexed, might be called the points of knowledge. And certainly, databases connected to and/or indexed with knowledge organization systems represent points of knowledge.
You know my fascination with unique applications of taxonomies. What you don't know is how much of a sci-fi fan my husband is. So if I failed to report on this little gem, well, I might have to sleep on your couch for awhile. As the third story in a multi-part series on taxonomy and speciation, this look at the infamous tricorder and how it relates to taxonomies, is an interesting read.
Once again my search for the odd and illusive taxonomies have resulted in a treasure. "Taxonomy of trash" was brought to us by Philly.com and it didn't fail to entertain and intrigue me.
Triumph Learning LLC, a New York-based print and digital educational content company, has partnered with Access Innovations, Inc., a leader in taxonomy development, to create a new, state-of-the-art taxonomy designed to precisely align standards-based instructional content for all grades in the K– 12 education market.
If you have been a reader for anytime at all, you know by now that I find taxonomies of alternate topics very intriguing, and I wasn't disappointed by this latest find.
I’ve mentioned Ranganathan briefly in some earlier posts. Let’s look at his innovations and influence from a historical perspective.
Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan (1892-1972) was an Indian mathematician and […]
WAND has launched their WAND Within taxonomy partnership initiative and it comes with a roster of nine top search and information management vendors who each will be offering the WAND Taxonomies to customers as a part of its respective technology solution.
Last time, we mentioned biological taxonomy. This leads us inevitably to Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778), a Swedish zoologist and botanist. We regard him as the “father of modern taxonomy." Contrary to popular belief, Linnaeus did not invent the binomial nomenclature system, with organism types designated by genus and species. That honor belongs to the Bauhin brothers, Gaspar (1560-1624) and Johann (1541-1613). The two Swiss brothers formalized the then-existing method of (often vague and wordy) polynomial nomenclature, introducing a stricter, more logical system with one word for the genus and one for the species.