Call for papers for a special Issue of/E//ducation for Information
on "/*Documentary Languages in the Big Open Linked Data (BOLD) Era"*
<https://www.iospress.nl/journal/education-for-information/>
https://www.iospress.nl/journal/education-for-information/
Knowledge organization deals, among other things, with the development
of documentary languages (knowledge organization systems such as subject
headings, thesauri, SKOSs, classification languages, index lists, etc.)
that make the processing and retrieval of data, information and
knowledge easier. However, techniques of artificial intelligence allow
big data resources to be searched for hidden patterns. The role of
documentary languages is easily obscured in a world of big data. Is
knowledge organization still relevant in the age of big data? (Hjørland,
2012; Soergel, 2015; Ibekwe-SanJuan & Bowker, 2017). Yet the idea of
Linked Open Data (LOD) depends on databases being coded in terms of RDF
triples: Computers can only draw inferences across databases if the
terminology employed in RDF triples is the same or at least
interoperable. The promise of Linked Open Data may well depend on the
ability of documentary languages to provide a common vocabulary for RDF
triples (Szostak et al. 2018).
This special issue aspires to take stock of the present state and future
prospects for the application of documentary languages in the world of
Big Open Linked Data (BOLD). What role do documentary languages play in
BOLD? How has this role changed in recent years? What opportunities
might be pursued in future? What are the particular needs that
documentary languages could serve at this historical moment?
Possible topics include (but are not limited to) the following:
* Can documentary languages provide a common vocabulary for LOD?
* Do developments in artificial intelligence reduce the need for
documentary languages?
* How are documentary languages being transformed to meet the needs of
BOLD?
* Is classification still relevant in the BOLD era?
* Will documentary languages still be relevant in a dozen years?
* Is there scope for reuniting the fields of knowledge organization
and information retrieval at this historical moment?
* How does BOLD differ in its implications for documentary languages
from earlier episodes of digitization and machine searching?
* What are the ethical challenges for knowledge organization in the
BOLD era
* What are the epistemological and theoretical underpinnings of
evolving documentary languages intended to achieve interoperability?
* Is there scope for a more horizontal bottom-up approach to designing
documentary languages that is better suited to the BOLD era?
This list is far from prescriptive. We wish to open up the issue to
reflections, theories, empirical studies, programmatic articles, and
literature reviews on the topic.
The special issue is co-edited by Rick Szostak (University of Alberta,
Canada) and Daniel Martínez-Ávila (São Paulo State University – UNESP,
Marilia, Brazil).
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Style guidelines for Education for Information are available here:
http://www.iospress.nl/journal/education-for-information/?tab=submission-of-manuscripts.
Submissions are due *15th of August,* 2019 and should be done via the
journal’s online submission system: https://mstracker.com/submit_0.php.
Please *state* in the cover letter that your submission is for the
Special Issue on Documentary Languages in the Big Open Linked Data
(BOLD) Era*. *
Submissions will be double-blind peer-reviewed.
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/References/
Hjørland, B. (2012). Is Classification Necessary after Google? Journal
of Documentation, 68, 299-317
Ibekwe-SanJuan, F., Bowker, G.C. (2017). Implications of Big Data for
Knowledge Organization. Knowledge Organization, 44, 187-198.
Soergel, D. (2015). Unleashing the Power of Data through Organization:
Structure and Connections for Meaning, Learning and Discovery. Knowledge
Organization, 42, 401-427.
Szostak, R., Scharnhorst, A., Beek, W., Smiraglia, R. (2018). Connecting
KOSs and the LOD Cloud. In Ribeiro, Fernanda and Cerveira, Maria Elisa
(eds.), Challenges and Opportunities for Knowledge Organization in the
Digital Age. Proceedings of the Fifteenth International ISKO Conference,
9-11 July 2018 Porto, Portugal.Würzburg: Ergon.
*About the journal*
Founded in 1983, /Education for information (EFI/) is a quarterly
refereed//academic journal//publishing research articles on issues
related to the teaching and learning of information scientists and
professionals for an information society. EFI welcomes a broad
perspective on issues related to pedagogy and learning in the
information and communication disciplines (ICD) such as Library and
Information Science, Communication and Media studies, Journalism,
Archival studies, Museum studies, Psychology, Cognitive science and
Digital Humanities.
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Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan (Ph.D.)
Full Professor - School of Journalism & Communication (EJCAM)
Aix-Marseille University - France.
https://ejcam.univ-amu.fr/en
Homepage: http://fidelia1.free.fr/
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.fr/citations?user=-A8QJv8AAAAJ&hl=en
Editor in chief Education for Information, IOS Press
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