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Thesaurus control—The selection, grouping, and cross‐referencing of terms for inclusion in a coordinate index word list

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  • Wim G. B. Mandersloot
  • Eleanor M. B. Douglas
  • Neville Spicer

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The selection, grouping and cross‐referencing of the (usually single‐word) terms are based on: 1 A systematic approach to indexing in depth, based on earlier work and resulting in reasonably consistent indexing. 2 An analytical approach to word forms in which the following categories are distinguished: ACTION forms; MEANS‐material, MEANS‐ma‐chine, and MEANS‐man forms; STATES; VARIABLES; and LATENT PROPERTIES. For each word, those forms included in a certain category are represented by a single code. The category‐switching caused by prepositions must be taken into account. 3 Criteria for term‐splitting with limited semantic factoring. Occasionally, semantic integration is used. 4 Criteria for dealing with antonyms, which are classified as reciprocals, complements, unequivalent opposites, diametrical opposites, and reversals. 5 Introduction of conditional cross‐referencing. 6 Recognition of multiword synonyms as the major difficulty in coordinate indexing.

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  • Wim G. B. Mandersloot & Eleanor M. B. Douglas & Neville Spicer, 1970. "Thesaurus control—The selection, grouping, and cross‐referencing of terms for inclusion in a coordinate index word list," Journal of the American Society for Information Science, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 21(1), pages 49-57, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jamest:v:21:y:1970:i:1:p:49-57
    DOI: 10.1002/asi.4630210110
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