[BOOK][B] The elements of knowledge organization

RP Smiraglia - 2014 - Springer
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This is a great example of what it is like to work in knowledge organization. Sometimes we
see one entity, sometimes if we are fortunate we can see that same entity from different
points of view. Sometimes, if we can step back a little bit, we can understand the entity by
seeing it adjacent to other entities in the same domain. Look again at the last photo—to the
upper right you see the hillside into which the palace was built. Had I wanted, I could have
shown the Aegean Sea by including a view down the hill and to the left, behind the corner …
This is a great example of what it is like to work in knowledge organization. Sometimes we see one entity, sometimes if we are fortunate we can see that same entity from different points of view. Sometimes, if we can step back a little bit, we can understand the entity by seeing it adjacent to other entities in the same domain. Look again at the last photo—to the upper right you see the hillside into which the palace was built. Had I wanted, I could have shown the Aegean Sea by including a view down the hill and to the left, behind the corner, as it were. We see only a tiny bit at a time of anything, and we understand even less. The search for meaning is critical. But it must always be like this—stepwise, a little to the left, a little to the right, look up from below, look all around, and so on.
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