# Semiotics **Domain:** Signs / Language / Media **Doc Type:** Field Node **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition **Semiotics** is the study of signs, sign systems, and the processes through which something comes to stand for or indicate something else. It includes words, images, gestures, interfaces, codes, rituals, symptoms, and institutional classifications. A sign does not carry meaning in isolation. Meaning depends on convention, context, relation, interpretation, and the differences separating one sign from others. ## Corpus Context The corpus uses semiotics to connect language, design, governance, and computation. When a label changes access or a model's classification reorganizes behavior, signification becomes operational rather than merely descriptive. ## See Also [[wiki/Structuralism|Structuralism]] · [[wiki/Metaphor|Metaphor]] · [[wiki/Knowledge Representation|Knowledge Representation]] · [[wiki/Language|Language]]