@inproceedings{vatanen2005b,
  author = {Isto Vatanen},
  title = {Affordances and Constraints in Knowledge Organization},
  abstract = {Knowledge organisation schemes affect directly the nature of knowledge states emerging as a result of their use. Basically a knowledge organisation system may expected to fit its explicit purpose in a more or less satisfactory manner, but besides the intended application, each system is capable to fit an unknown number of implicit quasi-intended and non-intended purposes. The scope and confines of knowledge potentially emerging as a result of an application of a knowledge organisation scheme is discussed here with a reference to the ecological approach introduced by Gibson. Special focus is placed on explicating the possibilities of using the concepts {\textquoteright}affordance{\textquoteright} and {\textquoteright}ecological constraint{\textquoteright} to understand the process of different knowledge organisation systems contributing on the emergence of different types of knowledge.
},
  year = {2005},
  journal = {Knowledge Management: Nurturing Culture, Innovation and Technology. 	Proceedings of the 2005 International Conference on Knowledge Management},
  publisher = {World Scientific},
  address = {Singapore},
  language = {eng},
}