http://netvouz.com/PROJECTCONSULT/tag/uis?feed=rss PROJECTCONSULT's bookmarks tagged "uis" on Netvouz http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~buckland/whatdoc.html What is a document? | JASIS 1997 | Michael K. Buckland | UCLA Berkeley | Ordinarily the word "document" denotes a textual record. Increasingly sophisticated attempts to provide access to the rapidly growing quantity of available documents raised questions about which should be considered a "document". The answer is important for any definition of the scope of Information Science. Paul Otlet and others developed a functional view of "document" and discussed whether, for example, sculpture, museum objects, and live animals, could be considered "documents". Suzanne Briet equated "document" with organized physical evidence. These ideas appear to resemble notions of "material culture" in cultural anthropology and "object-as-sign" in semiotics. Others, especia... PROJECTCONSULT Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:33:48 GMT