THE MODIFICATION OF AN INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM BY IMPROVING VOCABULARY CONTROL, INDEXING CONSISTENCY AND SEARCH CAPABILITIES

Abstract

This report describes the need for and establishment of vocabulary controls for a coordinate indexing retrieval system involving multidisciplinary terminology. Included in the controls is an improved fragmentation system for the handling of organic compounds. The elimination of role indicators from the indexing procedures is also briefly discussed. The system that is described was established to handle the scientific and technical documents that are on file in the library facility of the Air Force Materials Laboratory. Approximately 16, 000 documents have been indexed and the revised thesaurus contains slightly over 10,000 terms.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0613301

Entities

People

  • Edward A. Janning

Organizations

  • University of Dayton

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Organic Chemistry

Readers

  • Library and Information Science
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Information Retrieval