Abstract
Chapter 8: This chapter tells the story of the rise of modern knowledge systems. It considers specifically two of the more perspicuous forms of these systems: the relational database and the semantic web. Even if at a technical level these kinds of systems appear congruous, without doubt they have followed different historical trajectories, leading to different cultures of designers and adopters. Latter parts of this chapter attempt to articulate some of these differences via a set of analytic categories, and, to test those categories, undertake a brief foray into the online world of technological commentary—to get a taste for how different kinds of systems are perceived in practice. It concludes by fanning back out to the broad historical context the previous chapter began with, to look at the suggestive correlations between these forms of structured knowledge representations, and the vast social webs which underpin particular knowledge practices, the complex strands of political and economic relations inherent in the late capitalist era.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Towards A Semantic Web: Connecting Knowledge in Academic Research |
Editors | Bill Cope, Mary Kalantzis, Liam Magee |
Place of Publication | U.K. |
Publisher | Chandos |
Pages | 215-234 |
Number of pages | 20 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781780631745 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781843346012 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Keywords
- semantic web