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Peer reviewedMiller, Uri – Information Processing & Management, 1997
Discusses general problems of thesaurus construction theory and practice. Highlights include lexical control and its tools in various databases; natural language versus conceptual networks; systems approach; thesaurus versus classification, including associative relations; and thesaurus role in information storage and retrieval. (110 references)…
Descriptors: Classification, Databases, Information Retrieval, Information Storage
Peer reviewedJohnson, Sandra; Maher, Brian – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1984
Outlines implementation and uses of the computerized question-banking system of the thesaurus-linked browse procedure used by APU National Assessment in Science Programme. The ROOT Thesaurus, a comprehensive indexing and searching tool for technological applications, is described and its modifications are discussed as the basis for the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Foreign Countries, Indexing, Information Retrieval
Developing a Large Lexical Database for Information Retrieval, Parsing, and Text Generation Systems.
Peer reviewedConlon, Sumali Pin-Ngern; And Others – Information Processing and Management, 1993
Important characteristics of lexical databases and their applications in information retrieval and natural language processing are explained. An ongoing project using various machine-readable sources to build a lexical database is described, and detailed designs of individual entries with examples are included. (Contains 66 references.) (EAM)
Descriptors: Business Correspondence, Database Design, Databases, Dictionaries
Download full textTenopir, Carol; Cibbarelli, Pamela – 1978
The design and implementation of a complete, computerized retrieval system for the engineering and architectural drawings and maps of several large land development firms are discussed. Such collections present unique problems to the cataloger. Each collection is limited in geographic scope to the land owned or developed by the firm; types of maps…
Descriptors: Architectural Drafting, Building Plans, Cartography, Cataloging
Rorissa, Abebe; And Others – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1992
Describes an integrated database developed at Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia) that includes bibliographic records, thesauri, and a union catalog of serials. Information products and services are described, fields and formats of the records are explained, data conversion and downloading are discussed, and sample records are appended. (five…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, College Libraries, Databases, Developing Nations
Council of Europe, Strasbourg (France). – 1975
Technical and financial assessments were conducted of the Draft EUDISED Program 1976-78, which is to coordinate information exchange activities in educational documentation and information on a European level. Facilities and staff for various technical and organizational alternatives are described, costs of each alternative are estimated, and…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Data Collection
