To systematize is the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale. A systematization is the result of such an act.

Literature:

Negrini, G. (1992). Systematization of Science and Technology Research. In A. Neelameghan, M.A. Gopinath, K. S. Raghavan, & P. Sankaralingam (Eds.). Cognitive Paradigms in Knowledge Organization: Proceedings of the 2^nd International ISKO Conference. Madras: Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science. Pp. 293-307.

Rescher, N. (1977). Systematization of knowledge. International Classification, 4(2), 73-75.

Rescher, N. (1979). Cognitive Systematization. A Systems-Theoretic Approach to a Coherentistic Theory of Knowledge. Totowa: Rowman and Littlefield.

See also: Classification, Order (Core Concepts in LIS); Systematics; Systems theory (Epistemological lifeboat);

Birger Hjørland

Last edited: 04-07-2006

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