ASIST Special Interest Group - Classification Research Save
Studies the fundamental principles, underlying processes, and analytic constructs of classification schemes and procedures by humans or automata.
http://www.asis.org/AboutASIS/asis-si...   

Automatic Categorization of Magazine Articles Save
Research paper discussing automatic categorization of magazine articles with broad subject descriptors. Focuses upon the following aspects of text classification: effective selection of feature words and proper names that reflect the main topics of the text, and training of text classifiers.
http://wwwis.win.tue.nl/infwet99/proc...   

Classification Society of North America Save
Scientific organization studying classification and clustering, including systematic methods for creating classification schemes from unstructured data.
http://www.classification-society.org...   

Content Wire: Taxonomies Save
Links to articles on using taxonomies in knowledge organization.
http://www.content-wire.com/Taxonomie...   

Controlled Vocabulary Save
Describes how controlled vocabularies are useful in describing images and information for classifying content in electronic databases. Links to sample hierarchies and controlled vocabularies. Also features links to related resources.
http://www.controlledvocabulary.com/   

Crosstraining: Learning probabilistic mappings between topics Save
Introduces a general semi-supervised learning framework called cross-training which can exploit knowledge about label assignments in one taxonomy B to make better inferences about label assignments in another taxonomy A.
http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/~shantanu/wo...   

Delphi Group Taxonomy and Content Classification Report Save
Examines software segment for taxonomy management.
http://www.delphigroup.com/coverage/t...   

Flamenco Project Save
Investigates how to effectively incorporate large, faceted category hierarchies into information access user interfaces.
http://bailando.sims.berkeley.edu/fla...   

International Federation of Classification Societies Save
A federation of national, regional, and linguistically-based classification societies whose aims are to further knowledge classification research.
http://www.classification-society.org/   

Managing Taxonomies Strategically Save
Brief article focused on helping knowledge base publishers understand how taxonomies work and how to implement them. Features related articles.
http://www.montague.com/abstracts/tax...   

MeURLin: URL-based Classification of Web Pages Save
Project that attempts to classify web pages based solely on their URL. A functional demo is included.
http://wing.comp.nus.edu.sg/meurlin/   

Online Taxonomies: The Next Shift for Information Science Save
Briefly discusses the use of taxonomies in organizing unstructured data.
http://www.content-wire.com/Taxonomie...   

Organizational Theory Bibliography Save
Annotated list of works on classification theory, classification systems, controlled vocabularies, indexing, index design, thesaurus design, and library and information science.
http://argus-acia.com/ia_guide/subjec...   

Project Aristotle Save
Projects, research, products and services investigating or demonstrating automated Web categorization. Some prototypes and demos are available.
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERS...   

Taxonomies Are What? Save
Describes the use of taxonomies to organize information on the Web.
http://www.freepint.com/issues/041001...   

Taxonomy: Creating Knowledge from Chaos Save
Brief overview of taxonomies and their use in organizing information on the Internet.
http://www.it-director.com/article.ph...   

Taxonomy Warehouse Save
Directory of taxonomies, thesauri, classification schemes, and other authority files, plus information on how to license the taxonomies. Features search, browse and alert service.
http://www.taxonomywarehouse.com   

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