codifizierability
Codifizierbarkeit, or codifiability, is the degree to which a phenomenon, rule, or body of knowledge can be captured in codified form. It encompasses the conversion of tacit or contextual knowledge into explicit, rule-based representations such as statutes, codes, manuals, classifications, or machine-readable data schemas. The concept is used across disciplines including law, information science, linguistics, and organizational theory, and it often involves both linguistic codification (terminologies and classifications) and computational codification (databases, data models, ontologies).
Key dimensions include completeness (the extent to which essential aspects are covered), consistency (internal coherence of
Applications vary by field. In law, codification organizes scattered statutes into a systematic code. In healthcare,
Evaluation of codifiability draws on the existence of formal codes, the degree of standardization, update mechanisms,