There are no pre-requisites for this module to be added

This module covers the principles and concepts used to organize and describe information and knowledge. During this module students will study the creation, management and use of metadata, the development of taxonomies, techniques for terminology control and the creation of ontologies. The role of mark-up languages and metadata standards will be investigated along with examples of knowledge organizing Systems (KOS) and knowledge graphs on the semantic web. This module integrates approaches from information science, web design and information retrieval.

Upon completion of this module you will be able to

LO1: Rationalise the use of metadata to describe and manage information.

LO2: Evaluate different approaches to categorizing information and developing taxonomies.

LO3: Create an ontology and appraise ways in which it could be deployed.

LO4: Critically assess knowledge organization techniques for the design of user interfaces and for information retrieval systems.