Controlled Subject Vocabularies and Thesauri
Review
Controlled Vocabularies
Name Authority Files
Name authority files
Categorization Summary
Today
Origins
What is a “Controlled Vocabulary”
Structure of an IR System
Uses of Controlled Vocabularies
Types of Indexing Languages
Indexing Languages
Thesauri
Thesauri (cont.)
Classification Systems
Classification Systems (cont.)
Automatic Indexing and Classification
Clustering
Automatic Class Assignment
Development of a Thesaurus
1. Preliminary Term Selection
2. Merging and Development of Concept Classes
3. Definition of Broad Subject Fields and Subfields
4. Development of Classificatory Structure
5. Final Stages
Review (cont.)
Testing a Thesaurus
The Indexing Process
Application: The Indexing Process (Manual)
Thesaurus Revision and Updates
References
Email: ray@sherlock.berkeley.edu
Home Page: http://sherlock.berkeley.edu
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