Rediscovering Ranganathan: A Prismatic View of His Life through the Knowledge Graph Spectrum
This provides a comprehensive digital resource for researchers and practitioners in Library and Information Science, though it is incremental as it applies existing knowledge graph technology to a specific domain figure.
The study created a novel biographical knowledge graph (RKG) for Prof. S. R. Ranganathan to consolidate fragmented information about his life and achievements, resulting in an openly accessible resource with a facet-based methodology.
The present study puts forward a novel biographical knowledge graph (KG) on Prof. S. R. Ranganathan, one of the pioneering figures in the Library and Information Science (LIS) domain. It has been found that most of the relevant facts about Ranganathan exist in a variety of resources (e.g., books, essays, journal articles, websites, blogs, etc.), offering information in a fragmented and piecemeal way. With this dedicated KG (henceforth known as RKG), we hope to furnish a 360-degree view of his life and achievements. To the best of our knowledge, such a dedicated representation is unparalleled in its scope and coverage: using state-of-the-art technology for anyone to openly access, use/re-use, and contribute. Inspired by Ranganathan's theories and ideas, the KG was developed using a "facet-based methodology" at two levels: in the identification of the vital biographical aspects and the development of the ontological model. Finally, with this study, we call for a community-driven effort to enhance the KG and pay homage to the Father of Library Science on the hundredth anniversary of his revitalizing the LIS domain through his enduring participation.