Library Cataloging
Mind your phraseology! Using controlled vocabularies to improve findability by Christina Wodtke is a nice and rather complete introduction to the topic. It takes a business approach to the topic, lost customers and profits are the result of poor word choice.
- Word Add-in For Ontology Recognition
For those still using MS Word the Word Add-in for Ontology Recognition could be a handy addition.The goal of the add-in is to assist scientists in writing a manuscript that is easily integrated with existing and pending electronic resources. The major...
- Controlled Vocabulary Add-on For Dspace
The Odisseia Research Group at the University of Minho has just released a new version of the Controlled Vocabulary add-on for DSpace.This patch adds a few improvements to the controlled vocabulary add- on currently present in DSpace:The Node Schema (see...
- Guidelines For The Construction, Format, And Management Of Monolingual Controlled Vocabularies
NISO Z39.19-200x Guidelines for the Construction, Format, and Management of Monolingual Controlled VocabulariesAbstract: This standard presents guidelines and conventions for the contents, display, construction, testing, maintenance, and management of...
- Topic Maps
Topic Maps are something I find difficult to grasp. That, is seems, is because they are very different from our normal approach in cataloging. In cataloging (and RDF) a resource is described by using a collection of defined fields (or triples). As I begin...
- Subject Access
The Information Management Resource Centre (IMRC) of the Canadian government has a page, Classification, Thesauri and Controlled Vocabularies.The resources in this section are directed at persons interested in improving the organization and retrieval...
Library Cataloging
Controlled Vocabularies
Mind your phraseology! Using controlled vocabularies to improve findability by Christina Wodtke is a nice and rather complete introduction to the topic. It takes a business approach to the topic, lost customers and profits are the result of poor word choice.
- Word Add-in For Ontology Recognition
For those still using MS Word the Word Add-in for Ontology Recognition could be a handy addition.The goal of the add-in is to assist scientists in writing a manuscript that is easily integrated with existing and pending electronic resources. The major...
- Controlled Vocabulary Add-on For Dspace
The Odisseia Research Group at the University of Minho has just released a new version of the Controlled Vocabulary add-on for DSpace.This patch adds a few improvements to the controlled vocabulary add- on currently present in DSpace:The Node Schema (see...
- Guidelines For The Construction, Format, And Management Of Monolingual Controlled Vocabularies
NISO Z39.19-200x Guidelines for the Construction, Format, and Management of Monolingual Controlled VocabulariesAbstract: This standard presents guidelines and conventions for the contents, display, construction, testing, maintenance, and management of...
- Topic Maps
Topic Maps are something I find difficult to grasp. That, is seems, is because they are very different from our normal approach in cataloging. In cataloging (and RDF) a resource is described by using a collection of defined fields (or triples). As I begin...
- Subject Access
The Information Management Resource Centre (IMRC) of the Canadian government has a page, Classification, Thesauri and Controlled Vocabularies.The resources in this section are directed at persons interested in improving the organization and retrieval...