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Research draft

information science

vr.tr.information-science · INF.KNW

Let an agent explain information science and its subfields, help with organising and retrieving information, and support study, careers and professional practice.

Thing Registry Information and virtual systems

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain information science and its subfields, help with organising and retrieving information, and support study, careers and professional practice.

The academic and professional field concerned with the collection, organisation, storage, retrieval, dissemination and use of information, including library science, archival studies, information retrieval, informatics in domains such as law and geography, and information behaviour; it underpins libraries, archives, search systems and information management.

What it is for: Managing and using recorded information.

It can be explain subfields and concepts; help design information organisation and retrieval; find study programmes and professional bodies; apply information ethics.

Distinguishing features

Concerned with information

Interdisciplinary

Theory and practice

Domain informatics

What it looks like

Not physical; a field of study and practice.

How it is recognised

Libraries, archives and search systems

Metadata and classification schemes

Computer science focuses on computation

Related models

is a kind of - category

science

is related to - foundations of retrieval

logic

is applied in - institution

library

is related to - implementation

computer programming

In practice

Families and kinds

library and information science

archival studies

information retrieval and search

domain informatics such as legal and spatial

information behaviour and ethics

Standards and regulation

ISO standards for information and documentation

Metadata standards such as Dublin Core

Data protection and freedom of information law

Failure modes and hazards

Poor findability

Privacy breaches

Loss of digital heritage

Also called

crisis digital heritagelegal informaticsinformation availabilityarchival studiespostcardsspatial information scienceuser studiesbibliologygeographic information scienceinformetricsarchival scienceinformation managementpragmatic information theorysemantic information theorysyntactic information theoryComputational lawmulticriteria decision analysiscybermetricsarchival restorationarchive theorydigital heritageBS 5454personal information managementMāori information and knowledge management systemsstrategic information managementHealth information managementEntity Engineeringproduct information managementcollections managementcontent managemententerprise information managementsecurity information managementHealth Information Managementinformation lifecycle managementcollection developmentcullingadministrative controlcuratinghistorical manuscripts traditionmanuscript curation

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Field What it covers.

Broad and applied.

Scope

Subfields.

Scope

Subfields.

  1. Which subfield of information science does this question concern? definition
  2. How does it relate to computer science and librarianship? definition

Concepts

Key concepts.

Concepts

Key concepts.

  1. What do concepts like relevance, metadata and information behaviour mean? definition
  2. Which theories are foundational? provenance
Apply Practice.

Organise and retrieve.

Organise

Organising information.

Organise

Organising.

  1. How should this collection be organised and described for findability? action
  2. Which metadata standard fits? provenance

Retrieve

Search.

Retrieve

Retrieval.

  1. How can retrieval be evaluated and improved? action
  2. Which measures such as precision and recall apply? definition
Preserve Archives and heritage.

Keep the record.

Archives

Archival practice.

Archives

Archival practice.

  1. How should records be appraised, arranged and preserved? provenance
  2. Which digital preservation standards apply? provenance

Crisis

Heritage at risk.

Crisis

Heritage at risk.

  1. How is digital heritage protected in crises and conflicts? provenance
  2. Which organisations help? provenance
Career Study and profession.

Paths exist.

Study

Programmes.

Study

Programmes.

  1. Which programmes and qualifications exist in information science here? provenance
  2. Which professional bodies accredit them? provenance

Ethics

Information ethics.

Ethics

Ethics.

  1. Which ethical principles govern access, privacy and intellectual freedom? provenance
  2. How do they apply to this case? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each subfield be a separate entry?
  • How should standards be linked?
  • How should professional bodies be localised?
Draft as JSON