Complementarity - a concept for document analysis?
Author: Skare, Roswitha
Source: Journal of Documentation, Volume 65, Number 5, 2009 , pp. 834-840(7)
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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Abstract:
<B>Purpose</B> - The purpose of this paper is to provide a discussion on the concept of complementarity and to show how it can work in a concrete document analysis. <B>Design/methodology/approach</B> - Starting out with the question of whether it is correct to refer to Bohr's principle of complementarity in the field of document analysis, the paper discusses literature written on the subject, before it uses an example to show that it would be more accurate to view complementarity as a relationship between parts that form a whole, thereby not mutually exclusive. <B>Findings</B> - The paper finds that the various approaches are not necessarily mutually exclusive. They could be investigated either parallel to one another or nearly simultaneously, even though synchronous observation is not possible. The extent to which a complementary document analysis with an equal weighting of all aspects is actually feasible remains an open question. <B>Originality/value</B> - The principle of complementarity is rather new in document analysis. The concept introduced by Niels W. Lund is discussed here for the first time.Keywords: Data analysis; Document management; Information control; Systems theory
Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1108/00220410910983137
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