Revisiting "what is a document?"

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 291-303

  Frohmann, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Document management; Information science; Philosophical concepts

Indexed keywords

EID: 67249138583     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410910937624     Document Type: Article

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