What is it about?
The paper critically exposes and analyses the interpretation of the concept of the DIKW hierarchy in the professional literature of two large areas Knowledge Management (KM) and Library and Information Science (LIS). The discussion of the particular critical approaches to the DIKW hierarchy is also given, relating to the criticism of its logical as well as epistemological assumptions. The author also presents his critical views of the symbolic representation and metaphorical interpretation of the DIKW hierarchy as a pyramid.
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Why is it important?
Due to the increasing number of critical reviews, the paper concludes by stating that the future of DIKW hierarchy seems even more uncertain now than ever before.
Perspectives
Do we modify or abandon DIKW hierarchy?
Boris Bosancic
University of Osijek
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This page is a summary of: DIKW – hijerarhija: za i protiv, Vjesnik bibliotekara Hrvatske, February 2018, Croatian Library Association,
DOI: 10.30754/vbh.60.2-3.575.
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