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The application of a minicomputer to thesaurus construction

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  • Edward John Kazlauskas
  • Thomas D. Holt

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The use of a minicomputer in various phases of creating the thesaurus for the National Information Center for Special Education Materials (NICSEM) database is described. The minicomputer is used to collect, edit, and correct candidate thesaurus terms. The use of the minicomputer eases the process of grouping terms into files of similar concepts and facilitates the generation of products useful in vocabulary review and in term structuring. Syndetic relations, indicated by assigning coded identification numbers, are altered easily in the design phase to reflect restructuring requirements. Because thesaurus terms are already in machine‐readable form, it is simple to prepare print programs to provide permuted, alphabetic, hierarchical, and chart formatted term displays. Overall, the use of the minicomputer facilities initial thesaurus entry development by reducing clerical effort, editorial staff decisions, and overall processing times.

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  • Edward John Kazlauskas & Thomas D. Holt, 1980. "The application of a minicomputer to thesaurus construction," Journal of the American Society for Information Science, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 31(5), pages 363-368, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jamest:v:31:y:1980:i:5:p:363-368
    DOI: 10.1002/asi.4630310508
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