THE THESAURUS IN ACTION. BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR A THESAURUS WORKSHOP AT THE ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE (32nd), OCTOBER 1969, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

Abstract

Five facets of background information are intended to be helpful to persons interested in the construction and use of a thesaurus, in the sense of a standardized language for communication with and between information storage and retrieval systems. TEST is given as an example. First, the thesaurus is described and defined, both as to what it is and what it is not. Then, the story of Project LEX shows how a thesaurus is developed, from rules and conventions to published format. Next, the building of a local specialized thesaurus compatible with the broader standard is explained. Then, application of the thesaurus to systems of indexing other than documents is described. Finally, experience with the thesaurus is discussed, and guidance outlined on updating and improvement.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0694590

Entities

People

  • Frank Y. Speight
  • James G. Peirce
  • Parmely C. Daniels
  • Terry L. Gillum
  • William Hammond

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Control Systems
  • Dictionaries
  • Engineers
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Information Retrieval
  • Information Science
  • Linguistics
  • Materials Science
  • Military Research
  • Military Science
  • Procurement
  • Rocket Engines
  • Social Sciences
  • Spectroscopy

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Computational Linguistics
  • Systems Analysis and Design