Ingetraut Dahlberg Dr. | |
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Born | Ingetraut Gessel 20 February 1927 |
Died | October 24, 2017 | (aged 90)
Nationality | German |
Occupation(s) | philosopher information scientist terminologist |
Notable work | Information Coding Classification |
Awards | International Association of Documentalists and Information Officers, Ranganathan Award Eugen Wüster Sonderpreis |
Ingetraut Dahlberg (20 February 1927 – 24 October 2017) was a German information scientist and philosopher who developed the universal Information Coding Classification covering some 6,500 subject fields. Her career spanned various roles in research, teaching, editing, and publishing. Dahlberg founded the journal International Classification (now Knowledge Organization) as well as both the scientific Society for Classification (de) and International Society for Knowledge Organization.