Library Cataloging
What Is A Controlled Vocabulary? by Karl Fast, Fred Leise and Mike Steckel describes, for computer folks, what and why these are useful.
- 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...
- Scout Portal Toolkit
SPT (Scout Portal Toolkit) version 1.2.2 has been released, and is now available for download on the Scout web site.Highlights of this release include:support for editing and browsing multiple Tree (hierarchical controlled vocabulary) fieldsa new option...
- Controlled Vocabularies
Synonym Rings and Authority Files by Karl Fast, Fred Leise and Mike Steckel is part 3 in their series on controlled vocabularies and faceted classification.Synonym rings and authority files are simple, common-sense ways to help users connect the various...
- Cc:da
The Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access is discussing the use of conventional terms as SMD's in formats other than electronic resources. This would be a major change, I think for the better. However, they need to hear from you. Let them...
Library Cataloging
Controlled Vocabulary
What Is A Controlled Vocabulary? by Karl Fast, Fred Leise and Mike Steckel describes, for computer folks, what and why these are useful.
A controlled vocabulary is a way to insert an interpretive layer of semantics between the term entered by the user and the underlying database to better represent the original intention of the terms of the user.
- 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...
- Scout Portal Toolkit
SPT (Scout Portal Toolkit) version 1.2.2 has been released, and is now available for download on the Scout web site.Highlights of this release include:support for editing and browsing multiple Tree (hierarchical controlled vocabulary) fieldsa new option...
- Controlled Vocabularies
Synonym Rings and Authority Files by Karl Fast, Fred Leise and Mike Steckel is part 3 in their series on controlled vocabularies and faceted classification.Synonym rings and authority files are simple, common-sense ways to help users connect the various...
- Cc:da
The Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access is discussing the use of conventional terms as SMD's in formats other than electronic resources. This would be a major change, I think for the better. However, they need to hear from you. Let them...