Paper Info
Title
Types of personal information categorization: Rigid, fuzzy, and flexible.
Abstract
This study aims to identify different styles of personal digital information categorization based on the mindscape of the categorizers. To collect data, a questionnaire, a diary study, and 2 semistructured interviews were conducted with each of 18 participants. Then a content analysis was used to analyze the data. Based on the analysis of the data, this study identified 3 different types of categorizers: i rigid categorizers, ii fuzzy categorizers, and iii flexible categorizers. This study provides a unique way to understand personal information categorization by showing how it reflects the mindscapes of the categorizers. In particular, this study explains why people organize their personal information differently and have different tendencies in developing and maintaining their organizational structures. The findings provide insights on different ways of categorizing personal information and deepen our knowledge of categorization, personal information management, and information behavior. In practice, understanding different types of personal digital information categorization can make contributions to the development of systems, tools, and applications that support effective personal digital information categorization.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1002/asi.23787
JASIST
Field
DocType
Volume
Categorization,Information behavior,Content analysis,Organizational structure,Information retrieval,Personal information management,Computer science,Fuzzy logic,Personally identifiable information
Journal
68
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
6
2330-1635
2
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.36
17
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Kyong Eun Oh1464.82