ASIST Special Interest Group - Classification Research
Studies the fundamental principles, underlying processes, and analytic constructs of classification schemes and procedures by humans or automata.
http://www.asis.org/AboutASIS/asis-sigs.html#SIGCRAutomatic Categorization of Magazine Articles
Research paper discussing automatic categorization of magazine articles with broad subject descriptors. Focuses upon the following aspects of text classification: effective selection of feature words and proper names that reflect the main topics of t
http://wwwis.win.tue.nl/infwet99/proceedings/moens.html
Classification Society of North America
Scientific organization studying classification and clustering, including systematic methods for creating classification schemes from unstructured data.
http://www.pitt.edu/~csna/csna.html
Content Wire: Taxonomies
Links to articles on using taxonomies in knowledge organization.
http://www.content-wire.com/Taxonomies/Index.cfm
Controlled Vocabulary
Describes how controlled vocabularies are useful in describing images and information for classifying content in electronic databases. Links to sample hierarchies and controlled vocabularies. Also features links to related resources.
http://www.ControlledVocabulary.com
Delphi Group Taxonomy and Content Classification Report
Examines software segment for taxonomy management.
http://www.delphigroup.com/coverage/taxonomy.htm
EncycloZine: Content Classification Schemes
Discusses the limitations of traditional library and content classification schemes to organizing information in an electronic environment.
http://encyclozine.com/Reference/Library/Classification/
Flamenco Project
Investigates how to effectively incorporate large, faceted category hierarchies into information access user interfaces.
http://bailando.sims.berkeley.edu/flamenco.html
International Federation of Classification Societies
A federation of national, regional, and linguistically-based classification societies whose aims are to further knowledge classification research.
http://www.classification-society.org/
Managing Taxonomies Strategically
Brief article focused on helping knowledge base publishers understand how taxonomies work and how to implement them. Features related articles.
http://www.montague.com/abstracts/taxonomy3.html
MeURLin: URL-based Classification of Web Pages
Project that attempts to classify web pages based solely on their URL. A functional demo is included.
http://wing.comp.nus.edu.sg/meurlin/
Online Taxonomies: The Next Shift for Information Science
Briefly discusses the use of taxonomies in organizing unstructured data.
http://www.content-wire.com/Taxonomies/Index.cfm?ccs=82&cs=8
Organizational Theory Bibliography
Annotated list of works on classification theory, classification systems, controlled vocabularies, indexing, index design, thesaurus design, and library and information science.
http://argus-acia.com/ia_guide/subject/organizational_theory.html
Practical Issues for Automated Categorization of Web Sites
Research paper discussing several issues related to automated text classification of web sites. Includes bibliography. By John M. Pierre.
http://www.ics.forth.gr/proj/isst/SemWeb/proceedings/session3-3/html_version/semanticweb.html
Practical Taxonomies
Examines the use and implementation of taxonomies to organize organizational knowledge and data.
http://www.phys.uni.torun.pl/~duch/ref/s-search/taxonomy/featureb1.htm
Project Aristotle
Projects, research, products and services investigating or demonstrating automated Web categorization. Some prototypes and demos are available.
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/Aristotle.htm
Snowfox
Provides a web directory where links associated with a topic are placed by automatic text categorization. Includes a description of the Snowfox Relevance Engine, a white paper that can be requested on directories and an article on ten miscategorizati
http://www.snowfox.com
Taxonomies Are What?
Describes the use of taxonomies to organize information on the Web.
http://www.freepint.com/issues/041001.htm#feature
Taxonomy Warehouse
Directory of taxonomies, thesauri, classification schemes, and other authority files, plus information on how to license the taxonomies. Features search, browse and alert service.
http://www.taxonomywarehouse.com
Taxonomy: Creating Knowledge from Chaos
Brief overview of taxonomies and their use in organizing information on the Internet.
http://www.it-director.com/article.php?id=1753
The Scorpion Project
Project of the OCLC Office of Research exploring the indexing and cataloging of electronic resources.
http://orc.rsch.oclc.org:6109/
Word Wranglers
Surveys the rapidly changing automatic classification software market and examine the features and capabilities of leading classification products.
http://www.intelligentkm.com/feature/010101/feat1.shtml
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