Improving Archival Records and Service of Traditional Korean Performing Arts in a Semantic Web Environment

Purpose:This research project aims to organize the archival information of traditional Korean performing arts in a semantic web environment.Key requirements,which the archival records manager should consider for publishing and distribution of gugak performing archival information in a semantic web environment,are presented in the perspective of linked data.Design/methodology/approach:This study analyzes the metadata provided by the National Gugak Center’s Gugak Archive,the search and browse menus of Gugak Archive’s website and K-PAAN,the performing arts portal site.Findings:The importance of consistency,continuity,and systematicity—crucial qualities in traditional record management practices—is undiminished in a semantic web environment.However,a semantic web environment also requires new tools such as web identifiers(URIs),data models(RDF),and link information(interlinking).Research limitations:The scope of this study does not include practical implementation strategies for the archival records management system and website services.The suggestions also do not discuss issues related to copyright or policy coordination between related organizations.Practical implications:The findings of this study can assist records managers in converting a traditional performing arts information archive into a semantic web environment-based online archival service and system.This can also be useful for collaboration with record managers who are unfamiliar with relational or triple database system.Originality/value:This study analyzed the metadata of the Gugak Archive and its online services to present practical requirements for managing and disseminating gugak performing arts information in a semantic web environment.In the application of the semantic web services’principles and methods to an Gugak Archive,this study can contribute to the improvement of information organization and services in the field of Korean traditional music.

The Second Edition of the Integrative Levels Classification: Evolution of a KOS

Purpose:This paper informs about the publication of the second edition of the Integrative Levels Classification(ILC2),a freely-faceted knowledge organization system(KOS),and reviews the main changes that have been introduced as compared to its first edition(ILC1).Design/methodology/approach:The most relevant changes are illustrated,with special reference to those of interest to general classification theory,by means of examples of notation for individual classes and combinations of them.Findings:Changes introduced in ILC2 include:the names and order of some main classes;the development of subclasses for various phenomena,especially quantities and algebraic structures;the order of facet categories and the new category of Disorder;notation for special facets;distinction of the semantical function of facets(attributes)from their syntactic function.The system can be freely accessed online through a PHP browser as well as in SKOS format.Research limitations:Only a selection of changed classes is discussed for space reasons.Practical implications:ILC1 has been previously applied to the BARTOC directory of KOSs.Update of BARTOC data to ILC2 and application of ILC2 to further information systems are envisaged.Possible methods for reclassifying BARTOC with ILC2 are discussed.Originality:ILC is a newly developed classification system,based on phenomena instead of traditional disciplines and featuring various innovative devices.This paper is an original account of its most recent evolution.

“SEMANTIC” in a Digital Curation Model

Purpose:This study attempts to propose an abstract model by gathering concepts that can focus on resource representation and description in a digital curation model and suggest a conceptual model that emphasizes semantic enrichment in a digital curation model.Design/methodology/approach:This study conducts a literature review to analyze the preceding curation models,DCC CLM,DCC&U,UC3,and DCN.Findings:The concept of semantic enrichment is expressed in a single word,SEMANTIC in this study.The Semantic Enrichment Model,SEMANTIC has elements,subject,extraction,multi-language,authority,network,thing,identity,and connect.Research limitations:This study does not reflect the actual information environment because it focuses on the concepts of the representation of digital objects.Practical implications:This study presents the main considerations for creating and reinforcing the description and representation of digital objects when building and developing digital curation models in specific institutions.Originality/value:This study summarizes the elements that should be emphasized in the representation of digital objects in terms of information organization.

韩国学术期刊国际化状况研究

从编委、稿源、语言、流通4个方面调查韩国学术期刊的国际化状况,考察NRF、KOFST、KISTI等机构促进学术期刊国际化的一些具体政策措施。研究结果表明:韩国学术期刊总的国际化水准还比较低,但编委国际化、流通国际化方面相对较好,医学期刊国际化水准相对较高;韩国基本形成了一个较为完备的促进学术期刊国际化的支持系统,其期刊国际化资助计划涵盖了期刊的投稿、审稿/编辑、发行、流通等全过程。根据韩国学术期刊国际化进程的经验教训,提出了中国学术期刊国际化路径的建议。