Information systems are based on the two basic principles of structured information and well-defined ways of handling this information. While the Web as an information system has a number of well-designed ways to handle information, the foundation of Web-based applications, how information should be structured, are less clear. When considering information structures, the most important aspects are the question of classification systems and how to apply these to existing information, and the question of how classified information can be composed into structures which can be regarded as useful and self-contained representations for relevant information.
find structure
impose some order to facilitate agreement between the concepts within the site and the vocabulary of the person [natural language] using it
A -- GENERAL WORKS B -- PHILOSOPHY. PSYCHOLOGY. RELIGION C -- AUXILIARY SCIENCES OF HISTORY D -- HISTORY (GENERAL) AND HISTORY OF EUROPE E -- HISTORY: AMERICA F -- HISTORY: AMERICA G -- GEOGRAPHY. ANTHROPOLOGY. RECREATION H -- SOCIAL SCIENCES J -- POLITICAL SCIENCE K -- LAW L -- EDUCATION M -- MUSIC AND BOOKS ON MUSIC N -- FINE ARTS P -- LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE Q -- SCIENCE R -- MEDICINE S -- AGRICULTURE T -- TECHNOLOGY U -- MILITARY SCIENCE V -- NAVAL SCIENCE Z -- BIBLIOGRAPHY. LIBRARY SCIENCE. INFORMATION RESOURCES (GENERAL)
200 Religion 210 Natural theology 220 Bible 230 Christian theology 240 Christian moral & devotional theology 250 Christian orders & local church 260 Christian social theology 270 Christian church history 280 Christian sects & denominations 290 Other religions
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goodor
standardand
nonstandardways of understanding things
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mainstreamor
normative
Ontologies are a formalization of a conceptualization.
a child always has two parents, a father and a mother
a child's child is called a person's grandchild
two children sharing exactly one parent are called step-siblings
A document is a purposeful and self-contained collection of information
documentallows for a notion of different types of documents
purchase order for industrial chemicals when buyer and seller are in different countries) or very abstract (
fill-in-the-blank legal form for contract)
Business Ruleis an up and coming buzzword in information systems that is a lot broader than its name might suggest
spectrumof document types
NarrativeDocument Types (or
Publications)
TransactionalDocument Types
Hybrids
computableor
processableenable:
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