Computer users spend time every day interacting with digital files and folders, including
downloading, moving, naming, navigating to, searching for, sharing, and deleting them …

Although many challenges of managing computer files have been identified in past studies--
and many alternative prototypes made--the scale and structure of personal file collections …

Maps of scientific knowledge are generally created by analyzing scientific literature
including journal articles, conference proceedings, books, and monographs. Although …

This paper argues that a new approach to classification best supports and respects social
diversity. We should want a classification that facilitates communication both within groups …

Abstract The Basics Concept Classification (BCC) is a “universal” scheme: it attempts to
encompass all areas of human understanding. Whereas most universal schemes are …

Purpose–Large terminologies usually contain a mix of terms that are either generic or
domain specific, which makes the use of the terminology itself a difficult task that may limit …

Here we describe two approaches to improve group information management (GIM) and
draw on the results of prior works to implement them in software prototypes. The first aids …

Many large digital collections are organized by sorting their items into topics and arranging
these topics hierarchically, such as those displayed in a tree view. The resulting information …

Subject heading is a controlled vocabulary that describes the topic of a document, which is
important to find and organize library resources. Assigning appropriate subject headings to …

In this thesis I examine and improve upon the state of knowledge about a task ubiquitous in
and fundamental to the use of computers, file management (FM). This is done in three …