Synonym Rings and Authority Files
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Fast, Karl, Fred Leise and Mike Steckel
Boxes and Arrows
2003

Abstract:

In part 3 of the continuing series on controlled vocabularies and faceted classification, the authors explain synonym rings and authority files and how their use can bridge the gap between natural language and complex controlled vocabularies (taxonomies and thesauri).