Konfetti Ideas

Thoughts & Concepts by Marisabel Munoz

Konfetti Ideas is my personal semantic encyclopedia — a place where every concept and idea is structured as linked data. Because data can also be pretty.
This is an exploratory experiment in abstract/conceptual cataloguing. When I add subject headings to my private book collection, I often encounter concepts I recognize in the text but can’t locate in existing systems. Konfetti Ideas is where I collect those elusive concepts, especially ones lacking a public identifier, with the goal of connecting my books through topics and ideas that matter.

Conceptual Cataloguing

ID: mm5748325144

Class: Action
Type: Documenting

Definition

Conceptual cataloguing is the practice of capturing and describing abstract ideas themselves — not resources — so they can be linked, connected, and explored like living entries in a personal encyclopedia.
Similar to how BIBFRAME identifies Works as an abstract concept of an idea, but in the broader sense. Works from BIBFRAME are meant to represent the idea of the creation itself rather than a more global concept. These concepts are not related to any type of entity. They can be classified in hierarchy such as "Philosophy → Faith → Religion" or "Mind → Dreams → Dream Interpretation"
The promise of concept-oriented catalogs is still largely unrealized in the library world. Not only do current library catalogs often do little with conceptual knowledge, but proposals for future catalog architectures also often stick to keeping a tight focus on resources and make other concepts secondary. — John Mark Ockerbloom, Understanding concept-oriented catalogs, 2009.

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