Thesaurus control—The selection, grouping, and cross‐referencing of terms for inclusion in a coordinate index word list

Wim G. B. Mandersloot, Eleanor M. B. Douglas and Neville Spicer

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1970, vol. 21, issue 1, 49-57

Abstract: The selection, grouping and cross‐referencing of the (usually single‐word) terms are based on: 1 A systematic approach to indexing in depth, based on earlier work and resulting in reasonably consistent indexing. 2 An analytical approach to word forms in which the following categories are distinguished: ACTION forms; MEANS‐material, MEANS‐ma‐chine, and MEANS‐man forms; STATES; VARIABLES; and LATENT PROPERTIES. For each word, those forms included in a certain category are represented by a single code. The category‐switching caused by prepositions must be taken into account. 3 Criteria for term‐splitting with limited semantic factoring. Occasionally, semantic integration is used. 4 Criteria for dealing with antonyms, which are classified as reciprocals, complements, unequivalent opposites, diametrical opposites, and reversals. 5 Introduction of conditional cross‐referencing. 6 Recognition of multiword synonyms as the major difficulty in coordinate indexing.

Date: 1970
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