Research on Foreign Knowledge Organization:Themes,Characteristics and Thoughts
[Purpose/significance]Since the 21st century,the themes,methods and applications of Knowledge Organi-zation(KO)research have presented new features under the influence of the new generation of scientific and technologi-cal revolution.By summarizing and refining relevant research topics and features abroad,this paper can provide refer-ence for Chinese scholars in this field.[Method/process]This study first comprehensively collected the relevant litera-ture of foreign KO from 2000 to 2022,and then used content analysis to code them one by one to obtain the characteris-tics of research topics and research contents of KO.[Result/conclusion]Important findings of this study include:the KO research topics tend to be diversified,and the focus has shifted from digitization to dataization and semantics;the quality assessment of knowledge organization systems is emphasized;the organization method presents a coexistence trend of technology,crowdsourcing and experts;application areas has centered on scenario-oriented research.It is sug-gested that Chinese KO research should:(1)focus on the construction of Chinese data infrastructure and promote the process of knowledge integration and association;(2)establish a reasonable evaluation system to improve KO quality;(3)accelerate the organization of intelligent data by"crowdsourcing+technology+experts";(4)expand the application in specific fields to improve the service level.