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International Atomic Energy Agency
INIS : International Nuclear INIS : International Nuclear Information SystemInformation System
Yves TurgeonYves TurgeonHead, INIS UnitHead, INIS Unit
International Atomic Energy AgencyInternational Atomic Energy Agency
INIS - Joint INIS/ETDE Thesaurus 2 International Atomic Energy Agency
BackgroundBackground
• INIS was created in 1969
• Co-operative system operated by IAEA and its Members
• 129 Members
• 110 States
• 19 international organizations
• Provides information on peaceful uses of nuclear energy
INIS - Joint INIS/ETDE Thesaurus 3 International Atomic Energy Agency
Subject ScopeSubject Scope
Chemistry6%
Nuclear Pow er & Safety6%
Elementary Particle Physics11%
Engineering & Instrumentation
12%
Nuclear Materials9%
Nuclear Physics9%
Atomic, Molecular and Condensed Matter Physics
9%
Life Sciences19%
Economic, Legal & Social3% Environmental & Earth
Sciences4%
Nuclear Fuel Cycle & Radioactive Waste
5%
Fusion Research and Technology
5%
Isotopes1%
Non-Nuclear Energy1%
Safeguards0%
INIS - Joint INIS/ETDE Thesaurus 4 International Atomic Energy Agency
INISINIS
• Provides access to qualified nuclear information published worldwide
• Bibliographic database (~2.4 million records; grows 80,000+/year)
• Full text collection of non-conventional literature (~ 600,000 documents).
• Availability• INIS Database on Internet from IAEA
• INIS Database on CD-ROM (Silverplatter.)
• STN; Energy Database (Dialog)
INIS - Joint INIS/ETDE Thesaurus 5 International Atomic Energy Agency
INIS RecordsINIS Records
• Bibliographic description (title, authors, etc.)
• Abstract (at least one in English)
• Subject Categories (1-3)
• Descriptors (from the Joint Thesaurus): minimum of 3, usually more than 5• Both categories scheme and thesaurus are
maintained in collaboration with the Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDE), of the OECD/NEA
INIS - Joint INIS/ETDE Thesaurus 6 International Atomic Energy Agency
INIS/ETDE Joint ThesaurusINIS/ETDE Joint Thesaurus
• Origins in Euratom Thesaurus
• Maintained by INIS since 1969
• Adopted by Energy Technology Data Exchange in the 80s, now managed by both
• Covers INIS scope + and energy technology scope
INIS - Joint INIS/ETDE Thesaurus 7 International Atomic Energy Agency
INIS/ETDE Joint ThesaurusINIS/ETDE Joint Thesaurus
• Each term has a unique ID
• Total number of terms: 27,773
• Valid terms: 20,973
• ‘Forbidden’ terms: 6,800
• Head terms: ~3,200
INIS - Joint INIS/ETDE Thesaurus 8 International Atomic Energy Agency
INIS/ETDE Joint ThesaurusINIS/ETDE Joint Thesaurus
• Relationship Symbol Cross reference
• Hierarchical BT Broader Term (9 levels)
NT Narrower Term (9 levels)
• Affinitive RT Related Term
• Preferential UF used for; reciprocal USE...
UF+ used for; reciprocal USE/AND
SF seen for; reciprocal SEE/OR
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INIS DictionariesINIS Dictionaries
• INIS only
• All language dictionaries linked to English terms (via the ID)
• English, French, German, Russian and Spanish
• Chinese being completed
• Arabic started
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Current DevelopmentsCurrent Developments
• Computer-assisted indexing• Currently installing and tuning a CAI system
• Adding ‘hidden’ terms (synonyms): expected to add between 100-200,000 such terms)
• INIS Taxonomy• Borrows from an earlier categorisation scheme
used by INIS until year 2000
• Expected to be completed in 2004
• To be used with CAI and retrieval system for navigation and knowledge organisation