Controlled Vocabulary & Thesaurus Design Types of Controlled Vocabularies.
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Controlled Vocabulary & Thesaurus Design
Types of Controlled Vocabularies
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The Goal
The goal of a controlled vocabulary is to facilitate agreement between the concepts within the site and the vocabulary of the person using it.
1, p. 1
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Continuum of Vocabulary Control
Less Complexity More
List Synonym Ring Hierarchy Thesaurus
Ambiguity ControlSynonym Control
Ambiguity ControlSynonym ControlHierarchical Relationships
Ambiguity ControlSynonym ControlHierarchical RelationshipsAssociative Relationships
5.4, p. 16
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List Example 1
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List Example 2a
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List Example 2b
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Synonym Ring Example 1a
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Synonym Ring Example 1b
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Synonym Ring Example 2
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Hierarchy Example 1a
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Hierarchy Example 1b
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Hierarchy Example 2a
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Hierarchy Example 2b
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Hierarchy Example 2c
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Thesaurus Example A
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Thesaurus Example B
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Thesaurus Example C
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Thesaurus Example D
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Other Means of Access
Folksonomies & tagging communities Technorati - tagging blog entries Digg - tagging webpages Flickr - tagging images Answerbag - folksonomy
Classification systems Library of Congress Classification Outline Universal Decimal Classification
Keyword extraction and search
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Flickr Example
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Google Coop Example
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Criteria for Selecting a CV Tool
Institutional requirements Budget, time, manpower constraints Purpose of the CV tool
Benefits to the user Expected uses for the CV tool Balancing ease of use and functionality
App. B, p. 135
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Defining Scope & Users
Scope of the material What is your core topic or topics? What are your surrounding topics? What is there a need for? What is already out there? What do you have resources for?
User population Who is intended user? How and when will they use the CV tool?
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Appropriate CV Applications
Subject Genre Physical material Personal names Corporate/organization names Events What else?
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CV Tool Discussion
What is your topic? Who is your intended audience? What is your institution’s need for a CV tool?