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Theoretical and Methodological Considerations for Understanding the Influence of Tacit Knowledge on KO
Carlin Soos 1
Affiliation
Article Info
1 UCLA - Department of Information Studies, Los Angeles, California - United States
Abstract
This paper examines Jewish dietary laws (kashruth) as a knowledge domain, focusing on the ways tacit knowledge has impacted the development and continued use of this dietary ontology. Building from this case study, a framework is proposed for categorizing tacit expressions and assessing their impact on knowledge organization practices. This framework establishes three tacit categories based on two communicative variables – self-disclosure and verbal omission – and emphasizes the methodological value of a domain-analytic approach for identifying tacit traces within explicit language.