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Translation Of Classifications: Issues And Solutions As Exemplified In The Korean Decimal Classification., Barbara H. Kwasnik, You-Lee Chun
Translation Of Classifications: Issues And Solutions As Exemplified In The Korean Decimal Classification., Barbara H. Kwasnik, You-Lee Chun
Barbara H. Kwasnik
The aim of this study was to describe how the Korean Decimal Classification (KDC), which is based on the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC), accommodated translation and adaptation issues in making the scheme culturally hospitable. We made a concept-by-concept comparison of terms in selected sections of the KDC with the analogous terms or sections in the DDC, noting the differences and similarities of terms and structure. Our analysis suggests that, overall, the KDC succeeded in this endeavor, and that the process of adaptation made good use of several adaptive strategies identified in previous work: adjustments to term specificity and term location …
A Framework For Creating A Facetted Classification For Genres: Addressing Issues Of Multidimensionality., Kevin Crowston, Barbara H. Kwasnik
A Framework For Creating A Facetted Classification For Genres: Addressing Issues Of Multidimensionality., Kevin Crowston, Barbara H. Kwasnik
Barbara H. Kwasnik
People recognize and use document genres as a way of identifying useful information and of participating in mutually understood communicative acts. Crowston and Kwasnik [1] discuss the possibility of improving information access in large digital collections through the identification and use of document genre metadata. They draw on the definition of genre proposed by Orlikowski and Yates [3], who describe genre as “a distinctive type of communicative action, characterized by a socially recognized communicative purpose and common aspects of form” (p. 543). Scholars in fields such as rhetoric and library science have attempted to describe and systematize the notion of …