Abstraction, Concrescence, and Identity in Descriptive Metadata

Radio, Erik

doi:10.1080/19386389.2018.1461455

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“…Considering both works and subjects together within the framework of Peircean semiotics, Radio concludes that "concrete [metadata] elements have an ontological primacy or immediacy over their counterparts that stem from the interpretive act" (2018,36). He argues in favour of exploring a non-identarian cataloguing practice and proposes several ideas, including, intriguingly, Adorno's concept of the constellation, where objects are known in the context of their relations (Radio 2018).…”

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“…Is it also more sensitive than other types of metadata for the same reason. Radio (2018) finds that abstract elements-such as subject, genre, target audience, and classification-present the risk of perpetuating what Adorno calls identity thinking, because they involve an element of interpretation in their application, and proposes limiting their use in descriptive practice for this reason. Whether one shares this view or not, it is evident that abstract metadata carries with it all the intrinsic problems of knowledge representation.…”

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“…Oldman and Tanase (2018, 331) include "collaborative human thinking and creativity" as a necessary element of a knowledge graph. Radio (2018) points to Adorno's concept of constellation. Monea argues for "graph databases and information extraction mechanisms that are open to the public" and, "rather than one graph, many graphs, a 'proliferant continuance '" (2016, 460).…”

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Knowledge Graphs, Metadata Practices, and Badiou's Mathematical Ontology

Huck

2022

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Metadata practices in libraries have been shifting towards a graph-centric data model for a number of years due to the influence of the Semantic Web on metadata standards as well as the ongoing engagement of libraries with linked data. This trend is likely to be sustained by the growth of the knowledge graph domain, which is animated by the interests of large technology companies and which represents a continuation of earlier programmes such as expert systems and the Semantic Web. Given the role of Semantic Web ontologies in knowledge graph development and the relevance of philosophical questions of ontology to cataloguing theory, metadata practitioners require theoretical frameworks suitable for conceptualizing the knowledge graph data model’s mixture of data and ontology. To that end, this paper considers the mathematical ontology of philosopher Alain Badiou, which employs set theory to schematize a theory of the multiple. It outlines how Badiou’s ontology is compatible with the graph data model and what it offers to metadata practitioners seeking to critically engage the knowledge graph paradigm.

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Section: Ontological Nature Of Aboutness In Subject Authority Datamentioning

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2022

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“…Manovich, 2001) is political. Even if concrete aspects of things tend to be less controversial to describe than abstract ones, it is difficult to find words that are and would remain neutral and reasonably resilient to change (Radio, 2018). The contemporary tendencies to mix different descriptive facets in metadata schemes (Gnoli, 2012;Radio, 2018) complicates the matter even further by obscuring what aspects of things are described.…”

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Paradata in Documentation Standards and Recommendations for Digital Archaeological Visualisations

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Sköld²,

Huvila³

2020

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Digitalisation of research data and massive efforts to make it findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable has revealed that in addition to an eventual lack of description of the data itself (metadata), data reuse is often obstructed by the lack of information about the datamaking and interpretation (i.e. paradata). In search of the extent and composition of categories for describing processes, this article reviews a selection of standards and recommendations frequently referred to as useful for documenting archaeological visualisations. It provides insight into 1) how current standards can be employed to document provenance and processing history (i.e. paradata), and 2) what aspects of the processing history can be made transparent using current standards and which aspects are pushed back or hidden. The findings show that processes are often either completely absent or only partially addressed in the standards. However, instead of criticising standards for bias and omissions as if a perfect description of everything would be attainable, the findings point to the need for a comprehensive consideration of the space a standard is operating in (e.g. national heritage administration or international harmonisation of data). When a standard is used in a specific space it makes particular processes, methods, or tools transparent. Given these premises, if the standard helps to document what needs to be documented (e.g. paradata), and if it provides a type of transparency required in a certain space, it is reasonable to deem the standard good enough for that purpose.

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Abstraction, Concrescence, and Identity in Descriptive Metadata

Abstract: Descriptive metadata is affected by the challenge of using language that is resilient to

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Knowledge Graphs, Metadata Practices, and Badiou's Mathematical Ontology

Knowledge Graphs, Metadata Practices, and Badiou's Mathematical Ontology

Paradata in Documentation Standards and Recommendations for Digital Archaeological Visualisations

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