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Classification is the quintessential core of knowledge organization. Like encyclopedism, classification is a response to the impetus to create, expose, or impose order on that which is known. But leaving behind the explanatory capacity of an encyclopedia or even the definitive aspects of taxonomy, classification relies on structure to reveal the relationships that govern an ontological reality. In classification all of the tools of knowledge organization come into play: the point of view provided by epistemology is revealed in the interplay between facets of comprehended ontology, semantic power is provided by the concepts enumerated and yet often is unfettered by language through the use of symbolic notation thus yielding potentially the ultimate interoperability, and syntax is provided by the overall structure of the classification, and in particular by syndetic structure, which links the components.
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Smiraglia, R.P. (2014). Classification: Bringing Order with Concepts. In: The Elements of Knowledge Organization. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09357-4_7
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