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Barbara H. Kwasnik

1989

Classification

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Extraction Of Knowledge About The Cognitive Process Of Browsing From Discourse And Thinking-Aloud Protocols. Also Published As Part Of: Kwasnik, B. Et Al Automatic Knowledge Extraction From Dictionary Text: Project Development., Barbara H. Kwasnik, Elizabeth D. Liddy, Myaeng H. Sung Aug 1989

Extraction Of Knowledge About The Cognitive Process Of Browsing From Discourse And Thinking-Aloud Protocols. Also Published As Part Of: Kwasnik, B. Et Al Automatic Knowledge Extraction From Dictionary Text: Project Development., Barbara H. Kwasnik, Elizabeth D. Liddy, Myaeng H. Sung

Barbara H. Kwasnik

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How A Personal Document's Intended Use Or Purpose Affects Its Classification In An Office., Barbara H. Kwasnik Jun 1989

How A Personal Document's Intended Use Or Purpose Affects Its Classification In An Office., Barbara H. Kwasnik

Barbara H. Kwasnik

This paper reports on the findings of a larger case study that attempts to describe how people organize documents in their own offices. In that study, several dimensions along which people make classificatory decisions were identified. Of these, the use of to which a document is put emerged as a strong determiner of that document’s classification. The method of analysis is reviewed, and examples of the different kinds of uses are presented, demonstrating that it is possible to describe a wide variety of specific instances using a closed set of descriptors. The suggestion is made that, in designing systems for …