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Terminologies & Thesauri - Tactics from the Trenches

Terminologies & Thesauri - Tactics from the Trenches. MODELS 11 11 January 2000 David Kay Strategic Development Director FDI. Controlled Vocabularies. One step beyond Tagging - one step too far Unrealistically dictatorial Rooted in self-preservation but undeniably ….

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Terminologies & Thesauri - Tactics from the Trenches

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  1. Terminologies & Thesauri - Tactics from the Trenches MODELS 11 11 January 2000 David Kay Strategic Development Director FDI

  2. Controlled Vocabularies • One step beyond Tagging - one step too far • Unrealistically dictatorial • Rooted in self-preservation but undeniably …. • A recurring nightmare

  3. FDI Project Experiences • Organisation & Project Domain • LDS - FamilySearch site Family History • NARA - Next NAIL site Nat’l Archive • JISC - NNDP Demonstrator Cross Archives • Essex Libraries - Seamless Community Info • learndirect - Learning Directory Education

  4. Controlled Vocabulary Comparisons

  5. Suggested Themes • Geographic - clear case but local work to undo • Subject - desire for high level terms despite diversity by specialism • Name - approaches seem domain specific • Resource Type - open to influence • Others? - Level, Media, ...

  6. Why interfere?1- Precision • Getty, LC, etc have it covered • Search precision is therefore achievable but what about ... • Cross searching? • Cross domain? • the UK plc perspective?

  7. The Learning Portal - Sample Service Modelv1.0; 3 January 2000 FE Repository learn direct Work Bank RDN HE Mall UKEL SCRAN NGfL Shared Classification Topic Level Type Location Programmatic Interface for other services Learning Portal Home Page

  8. Why interfere?2 - Site & Portal Navigation • Web value-added is considerable … • Pre-search filtering - see NNDP & elib3 CLDs • Terminologies are searchable in their own right - see LDS & NARA • They open up the integration of secondary resources - see LDS, NARA & PRO

  9. PROCAT User Search Relationships 4. 1. 2. 3. PERSONAL CORPORATE SUBJECT PLACE NAME NAME Figure 10 PRO 5. 6. CAT SUPPLEMENTARY FINDING AID Catalogue 10 USER 9. FULL SAVED 11 TEXT USER 7. SEARCH POPULAR SAVED SEARCH BOOKMARK 8. INTEREST CATEGORY

  10. PROCAT Retrieval Spectrum Figure 11 KEYWORDS AUTHORITY POPULAR USER TERMS SEARCHES SEARCHES Retrieve Retrieve Retrieve Retrieve SUBSTANTIVE THEMATIC REFINED ANY Cases Examples Results Cases AND AND AND these AND AND these LOW FOCUS HIGH FOCUS

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