An Overview of Classification Technologies

Knowledge organisation is a sub-discipline of Information Studies and has its roots in Philosophy. Being application-oriented, it is an area of major interest to librarians, webpage designers, information architects, and semantic web community. The paper examines the scope of 'knowledge organisation' and its various facets. The different approaches to knowledge organisation are examined and the requirements in the context of digital environment are highlighted. An overview of the major trends and approaches is provided.