This article provides a historical overview and conceptual clarification of the idea of
integrative levels as an organizing principle. It will be demonstrated that this concept has …

This article proposes an interwoven three-part framework for conceptualizing and analyzing
the role of information in human activities, melding the cognitive and affective domain of the …

Purpose The current debate between two theoretical approaches in library and information
science and knowledge organization (KO), the cognitive one and the sociological one, is …

Abstract This introduction to Luciano Floridi's philosophy of information (PI) provides a short
overview of Floridi's work and its reception by the library and information studies (LIS) …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to redefine information and other associated library
and information science (LIS) concepts and to reformulate the mission of the library and …

After making the case that phenomena can be the primary unit of classification (Part 1),
some basic principles to group and sort phenomena are considered. Entities can be …

Hypertexts are multilinear, granular, interactive, integrable and multimedia documents
describable with graph theory and composed of several information units (nodes) …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce a multi-level framework for semantic
modeling (MFSM) based on four signification levels: objects, classes of entities, instances …

Expanding the current tacit/explicit knowledge dichotomy encompassing situated and
theoretical/normative knowledge: a phenomenological perspective | Emerald Insight Books and …

Main objectives and subjective aspects are traceable in the concepts of information,
document, knowledge, knowledge organization and levels of reality. Objective and …