Knowledge organization: evaluating foundation and function in the information ecosystem

The complexity of our digital information ecosystem continues to increase, as the information transfer process becomes increasingly, and in some domains fully digital. Indicative of this change are entirely new ways in which individuals and information systems generate, provide access to, and link information. In line with this change, is a growing need to better integrate and leverage knowledge organization systems (NKOS). Moreover, effective means are needed to measure the application of NKOS as both an integral foundation in the information ecosystem, and a core function.