Definition of the Domain of Knowledge and Configuration of the Topical Structure - Audiovisual Archives - page 127

- selection (Figure 8.4) of the conceptual terms [Audiovisual document] and
[Sound document] in a list of conceptual terms representing the domain of
knowledge Documentsinthesenseofobjectswithheritagestatus ;
- selection (Figure 8.4) of the conceptual term [Corpus] in a list of conceptual
terms representing the domain of knowledge Collectionofobjects ;
- free description (Figure 8.5) taking account of the configuration [Corpus] of
{[Audiovisualdocument],[Sounddocument]} .
Figure8.5 . (Free)descriptionofthesecondpartofthe(re-)configuredtopicalstructure
8.4.(Re-)configuringmorecomplextopicalstructures
Let us return once more to Figure 3.2, which shows a very simple configuration,
defining the domain of knowledge Cultural formation of a civilization . As we have
already noted, if (for example) one or other or both conceptual terms are needed to
define the object in question, nothing is said if one of the two conceptual terms
depends “necessarily” on the other (in the sense that the dependent conceptual term
cannot be selected unless the conceptual term on which it depends is already
asserted, selected); nor is anything said if the choice of such-and-such a conceptual
term precludes such-and-such another conceptual term, and so on.
In light of this, the approach developed here enables us, when specifying and
developing models of description* , to take account of the audiovisual content, the
specific constraints which determine the structure of a generic configuration
defining a domain of knowledge (or a part thereof).