Concept theory

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1519-1536

  Hjørland, Birger ^a  

^a ROYAL SCHOOL OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; COMPLEX FIELDS; KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION; PARADIGM SHIFTS; SEMANTIC RELATIONS;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SERVICES; ONTOLOGY;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

EID: 67651018240     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21082     Document Type: Article

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