\[ **BT: [[home]]** ] --- # knowledge [[Asking open questions can be uncomfortable or even scary; the inclination to cling to quick (easy, inaccurate) answers is strong.]][^1] --- ## knowledge as divided into academic disciplines ### humanities - [[humanities|the humanities]] - [[philosophy]] - [[art]] - [[literature]] - [[society|language and communication]] - [[religion]] - [[history]] - [[prehistory]] - *subjects straddling the line between the humanities and the social sciences* - [[cultural studies]] - [[anthropology]] - [[sociology]] - [[geography]] - [[law]] ### science - see also: [[science]] #### formal science - [[logic]] (also a branch of [[philosophy]]) - [[mathematics]] - [[statistics]] - theoretical computer science - artificial intelligence - game theory - systems theory - theoretical linguistics - decision theory - systems science - data science - information theory - [[computer science]] - cryptography #### natural science - [[biology]] - [[biology]] - *physical science* - [[chemistry]] - [[physics]] - [[astronomy]] - [[Earth sciences]] #### social science - *subjects straddling the line between the humanities and the social sciences* - [[cultural studies]] - [[anthropology]] - [[sociology]] - [[geography]] --- ## knowledge preservation and management - see also: [[bibliographic citation]] ### institutional preservation and management of knowledge #### archives An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials, in any medium (or: the physical in which they are located).[^2] - see also: [[archives, digital]] #### libraries - see: [[library science]] ### homebrewed preservation and management of knowledge > [[The way you organise your data also affects your thinking.]][^3] #### homebrewed archival work - [[Tropy]] - ↬ [DublinCore: Creating Metadata](https://www.dublincore.org/resources/userguide/creating_metadata/) + ↬ [Looking after your family archive](https://www.naa.gov.au/explore-collection/search-people/researching-your-family/looking-after-your-family-archive) - ↬ [Photographic Activity Test – products that have passed the test](https://www.naa.gov.au/information-management/storing-and-preserving-information/preserving-information/preserving-photographs/about-photographic-activity-test) #### homebrewed library systems - [[Calibre]] - ↬ [LibraryThing](https://www.librarything.com/index.php) #### digital ‘PKM’ methodologies - ↬ [Johnny Decimal](https://johnnydecimal.com) - ↬ [PARA Method](https://fortelabs.co/blog/para/) - ↬ [The Konik method for making notes](https://www.eleanorkonik.com/the-konik-method-for-making-notes/) - ↬ [Eleanor’s Notes](https://publish.obsidian.md/eleanorkonik/00+Meta/03+Guidance/Welcome) (Eleanor Konik’s example vault) - ↬ [Maggie Appleton’s collection of digital gardens](https://github.com/MaggieAppleton/digital-gardeners) - ↬ [Kasper Zutterman’s collection of public Zettelkastens](https://github.com/KasperZutterman/Second-Brain) + see also: [[note-taking]] ### storage and retrieval of information - see also: [[technology#types of information systems]] #### controlled vocabularies A controlled vocabulary provides a way to organize knowledge for subsequent retrieval. Controlled vocabularies are used in subject indexing schemes, subject headings, thesauri, taxonomies and other knowledge organization systems. Controlled vocabulary schemes mandate the use of predefined, preferred terms that have been preselected by the designers of the schemes, in contrast to natural language vocabularies, which have no such restriction.[^4] + [[sources/Homosaurus|Homosaurus: An International LGBTQ+ Linked Data Vocabulary]] - ↬ [DublinCore: Creating Metadata](https://www.dublincore.org/resources/userguide/creating_metadata/) - ↬ [ARDC: Research Vocabularies Australia](https://vocabs.ardc.edu.au/) - ↬ [Linked Open Vocabularies](https://lov.linkeddata.es/dataset/lov) - ↬ [AustLang](https://collection.aiatsis.gov.au/austlang/about) + ↬ [Indigenous names in authority records: the case of Jandamarra](https://lissertations.net/post/829) #### knowledge management/preservation software - [[Calibre]] - [[Obsidian|Obsidian.md]] - [[Plex]] - [[Tropy]] - [[Zotero]] + ↬ [WikiMatrix](https://www.wikimatrix.org/) — compare popular wikis. #### DOI A digital object identifier (DOI) is a persistent identifier or handle used to uniquely identify various objects, standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).[^5] - ↬ [Crossref — Metadata search](https://search.crossref.org/) - ↬ [Crossref — Simple text query](https://doi.crossref.org/simpleTextQuery) [^1]: Merlin Sheldrake, *[[Sheldrake, Entangled Life, 2021|Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, and Shape Our Futures]]* (Vintage, 2021), p. 15. [^2]: ‘Archive’, Wikipedia, last edited 9 January 2026, 15:12 (UTC), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archive. [^3]: Alex Galarza, ‘[[Galarza, ‘Zotero in the Archives’, 2011|Zotero in the Archives]]’, GradHacker, 2011, accessed 17 December 2023, [http://www.gradhacker.org/2011/08/03/zotero-in-the-archives/](http://www.gradhacker.org/2011/08/03/zotero-in-the-archives/). [^4]: ‘Controlled Vocabulary’, Wikipedia, last edited 6 January 2026, 15:10 (UTC), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_vocabulary. [^5]: ‘Digital Object Identifier’, Wikipedia, last edited 7 September 2025, 09:54 (UTC), <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_object_identifier>.