@inproceedings{4a6ef4823dc34f6bbdae96bbba1fd7b9,
title = "Challenges in creating a taxonomy of genres of digital documents",
abstract = "We report on the process and difficulties of building a taxonomy of genres of digital documents. The taxonomy is being created to be used in the experimental phase of an ongoing study to learn about the usefulness of providing genre information to support information-seeking tasks. To build the taxonomy, we conducted field studies to collect webpage-genre information from 55 respondents: K-12 teachers, journalists, and engineers, who routinely use the web for information seeking. Challenges described in this paper include the difficulties respondents experienced in identifying and naming genres and that the researchers faced in unambiguously linking the genre identifications with clues to genre attributes and purposes.",
author = "Kwa{\'s}nik, {B. H.} and Chun, {Y. L.} and K. Crowston and J. D'Ignazio and J. Rubleske",
year = "2006",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "3899135237",
series = "Advances in Knowledge Organization",
publisher = "International Society for Knowledge Organization",
pages = "225--231",
booktitle = "Knowledge Organization for a Global Learning Society - Proceedings of the 9th International ISKO Conference",
note = "9th International Conference on International Society for Knowledge Organization, ISKO 2006 ; Conference date: 04-07-2006 Through 07-07-2006",
}