Application of Ranganathan’s General Theory of Knowledge Classification in Designing Specialized Databases
A. Neelameghan · Libri · 1992
Discusses and presents examples of some practical applications of the postulates, principles and techniques formulated by Dr. S. R. Ranganathan within the framework of his general theory of knowledge classification, at various stages in the design and development of specialized databases, such as, in conceptualizing, structuring and organizing information as perceived by specialist users and preparing databases therefrom; in preparing field definition table; and in object-oriented analysis and design. The usefulness of the Postulational Approach to Facet Analysis and Synthesis and the Principles of Helpful Sequence are highlighted. Application of the concepts and techniques of seminal, systematic, scheduded and verbel mnemonics in designing integrated dadabases is illustrated. Interaction between system designers and end-users and the partticipation of the latterin various stages of system deseigning and development are essential for the designer to understand users'perceptionb of reality and their information requirements. THis is implied in Ranganathan' s Five Laws of LIbrary Science