Course Overview

In this lecture, students will learn about organizing to utilize various information resources efficiently. They learn about information resource analysis and its metadata description, classification and identification methods, targeting information resources that are mainly provided and shared via a network such as WWW or digital library. This lecture also discusses practical metadata descriptions such as Linked Open Data, schema definitions, and ontologies using RDF Schema, OWL, SKOS, etc. for description. In addition, as methods of record identification for electronic information resources, the course explains the identification method using appropriate identifier, data cleaning and automatic identification method.

Learning Achievement

This lecture aims to know about information organization and to be able to discuss the issues.

Competence

Qualitative research competence, System expertise, Resource expertise

Course prerequisites

Grading Philosophy

Assignments will be given based on course objectives and graded by the following policy.

Reports (100%)

Evaluation criteria of reports are the level of achievement (to what extent the assignment requirement is satisfied) and accuracy (how accurately a report is written).
The requirement for obtaining the credit is to achieve a 60% or higher score for the assignments given by each lecturer.
The grade (A+ ~ C) is given based on the score for the assignments.

Course schedule

(1) Overview of information organization (Kato, Takaku, Nagamori)*
(2) Metadata (Nagamori)
(3) Schema (Nagamori)
(4) Ontology (Nagamori)
(5) Identifiers (Kato)
(6) Identification of information resources (Kato)
(7) Cataloging (Takaku)
(8) Authority control (Takaku)
(9) Classification (Takaku)
(10) Summary and discussion (Kato, Takaku, Nagamori)*

*: Online (Synchronous) (the others will be held in-person)

Course type

Lectures

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Other information

== Online course style and tools ==
Microsoft Teams is used for Online (Synchronous) lectures. In addition, Microsoft Teams is used for Q&A.

== Assignment details ==
Each lecturer will give assignments on their lecture contents.
The assignments should be submitted at manaba.

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