Hjorland's Domain Analysis and Ontology: A Comparison with Putnam's and Gabriel's Ontologies

Yokoyama M.

LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE, no.87, pp.47-69, 2022 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Publication Date: 2022
  • Doi Number: 10.46895/lis.87.47
  • Journal Name: LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Information Science and Technology Abstracts, Library Literature and Information Science, Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)
  • Page Numbers: pp.47-69
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to show that there can be different ontologies that support the domain analysis that Birger Hjorland argues for in library and information science research and that meet the realist demands he wants to seek, but differ as to what is recognized as an entity.