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From Multi-Notation Assignment to Faceted Classmark Synthesis in K-KOS: An Exploratory Application of the Integrative Levels Classification with a Classmark Builder Park, Ziyoung Gnoli, Claudio Morelli, Daniele KOS registry entries often cover multidimensional topics that resist representation by a single classmark, making multi-notation assignment a common but semantically limited approach. This study explores how selected K-KOS entries can be reclassified under the developing version of the Integrative Levels Classification (ILC) and synthesized into structured classmarks using the ILC Classmark Builder, with multi-notation assignment serving as the baseline representation. Based on three representative cases, candidate classmarks were manually constructed and examined through baseline assignment, free-facet combination, and facet synthesis, with support from the Builder for retrieval, combination, and syntactic validation, and followed by expert review of the resulting classmarks. The findings show that notation synthesis makes semantic relations more explicit and enhances the structural expressiveness of KOS representation, while also revealing that successful synthesis depends on human judgment in syntactic disambiguation, conceptual interpretation, and evaluation among alternative formulations. The study demonstrates both the feasibility and the practical challenges of this transition, and confirms the value of tool support — while underscoring that human judgment remains indispensable. Dublin Core Metadata Initiative 2026-09-10 info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject Text application/pdf text/html https://doi.org/10.23106/dcmi.952696909 https://dcpapers.dublincore.org/article/952696909 Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Conference Proceedings eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/