Information as ontologization

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2236-2246

  Saab, David J ^a   Riss, Uwe V ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAP RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; SENSE MAKING;

EID: 80054687427     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21615     Document Type: Article

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