A Study on the Standardization of Categorizing and Sub-categorizing Railway Information in Web-based Information Provision Service

웹기반 철도지식정보 분류체계 수립에 관한 연구

  • 양회성 (서울메트로 기술본부 철도사업단) ;
  • 이상호 (서울메트로 기술본부 철도사업단) ;
  • 최시행 (서울메트로 기술본부 철도사업단) ;
  • 박용걸 (서울산업대학교 철도전문대학원 철도건설공학과)
  • Published : 2009.05.21

Abstract

With the development of IT industry and formation of web-based knowledge sharing platform, a variety of railway-related information services on the web have emerged, ranging from personal blogs to dedicated portal sites, as in the other sectors. These services are contributing to advancing railway industry after all. As far as it is concerned with specific areas such as railway sector, the internet users are hardly expected to avail satisfactory results in acquiring customized information from the access, as the information served varies on the intension of the web site operator or relevant agency, and indexing categories and sub-categories is not easy to work out in a straight manner. This study will review on the feasibility of standardizing categories and sub-categories for railway industry information on the web, and present optimum categorization and sub-categorization approach for the most satisfactory results when searched, ultimately aiming at laying a foundation to satisfy the wide spectrum of users' need for railway information.

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