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BS 8723-2:2005 Structured vocabularies for information retrieval. Guide - Thesauri, 2005
- BRITISH STANDARD [Go to Page]
- Committees responsible for this British Standard
- Contents
- Introduction [Go to Page]
- 1 Scope
- 2 Normative references
- 3 Definitions
- 4 Symbols, abbreviations and other conventions
- 5 Vocabulary control in a thesaurus [Go to Page]
- 5.1 The fundamental aim of a thesaurus is to guide the indexer and the searcher to choose the same term for the same concept. In...
- 5.2 Establishing an appropriate preferred term to represent a particular concept is not always straightforward because one conce...
- 6 Thesaurus terms: scope, form and selection [Go to Page]
- 6.1 Scope of preferred terms
- 6.2 Grammatical form of terms
- 6.3 Capitalization, punctuation and special characters
- 6.4 Singular or plural forms
- 6.5 Selection of the preferred form
- 7 Complex concepts [Go to Page]
- 7.1 General
- 7.2 The nature of multi-word terms
- 7.3 Deciding whether or not to admit a complex concept
- 7.4 How to split a complex concept
- 7.5 Retention of constituent concepts
- 7.6 Consistency in the treatment of complex concepts
- 7.7 Order of words in multi-word terms
- 8 Relationships between terms [Go to Page]
- 8.1 General [Go to Page]
- Paradigmatic and syntagmatic relationships
- 8.2 The equivalence relationships
- 8.3 The hierarchical relationship [Go to Page]
- Relationship that satisfies the “all-and-some test”
- Relationship that does not satisfy the “all-and-some test”
- 8.4 The associative relationship
- 8.5 Customized relationships
- 9 Facet analysis [Go to Page]
- Partially expanded classified display of an “industries” class, with node labels indicating a) changes of facet, for example (products) and b) characteristics of division of arrays, for example (milk by source animal)
- 10 Presentation and layout [Go to Page]
- 10.1 General
- 10.2 Single record display
- 10.3 Alphabetical display [Go to Page]
- Alphabetical display of thesaurus terms (some terms omitted to save space)
- 10.4 Hierarchical display [Go to Page]
- Hierarchical display of thesaurus terms arranged by facets
- 10.5 Classified display [Go to Page]
- Classified display of thesaurus terms arranged by facets within subject fields
- 10.6 Displaying polyhierarchical relationships (see also 8.3.5) [Go to Page]
- Classified display of thesaurus terms arranged by facets within subject fields, with additional information such as SN, UF and RT
- 10.7 Introduction to the thesaurus
- 11 Thesaurus functions in electronic systems [Go to Page]
- 11.1 If a thesaurus is to be used for information retrieval, it should be capable of integration with the systems in which index...
- 11.2 For indexing and searching applications, facilities for browsing and searching the thesaurus are fundamental. These should include the following.
- 11.3 When integrated with a searchable document collection, the displays should also show the number of postings against each pr...
- 11.4 When integrated with an indexing or cataloguing system, the following functions should be provided.
- 11.5 If the system is for automatic indexing, rather than for human indexers to use, a means of linking each preferred term with the algorithms or rules that drive its selection should also be provided.
- 12 Management aspects of thesaurus construction [Go to Page]
- 12.1 Planning a thesaurus
- 12.2 Early stages of compilation
- 12.3 Managing construction [Go to Page]
- Attributes and relationships of a preferred term
- Attributes and relationships of a non-preferred term
- Attributes of a node label
- 12.4 Dissemination
- 13 Updating [Go to Page]
- 13.1 General
- 13.2 Suggestion procedure
- 13.3 Review procedure
- 13.4 The nature of changes
- 13.5 Dissemination of updates
- 14 Requirements of thesaurus management software [Go to Page]
- 14.1 General
- 14.2 Size and character limitations
- 14.3 Inter-term relationships
- 14.4 Term notes
- 14.5 Codes and notation
- 14.6 Node labels
- 14.7 Data import/export
- 14.8 Editorial navigation and support
- 14.9 Editorial safeguards
- 14.10 Housekeeping tools [Go to Page]
