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Tim Craven - Freeware 32-bit Windows packages (The self-extractors for these packages currently all require 16-bit support. In case of a "16-bit MS-DOS Subsystem" error message, consult the Microsoft help page at (In Windows Vista, running the self-extractors as administrator is recommended. Software for building and editing thesauri This page is rather out of date and is not being actively maintained. It is retained here because some of the information is still valid, but users should check with suppliers of software packages for current information. We are discussing the transfer of this page to someone else who will maintain it, and when that happens a link to the new site will be given here. - Leonard Will. What is a thesaurus? This is a list of software for the development and editing of information retrieval thesauri.
Thesaurus of Geographic Names Search Tips For the Find Name field, you may use AND and OR [e.g., 1) san carlos, 2) carlos OR charles, 3) carl* OR charl*, 4) san AND carlos, 5) carlos AND (san OR saint), 6) (carlos OR charles) AND (san OR saint)] Boolean operators must be in all caps (AND and OR). Wildcard is the asterisk (*); right truncation only. To find an exact match rather than a key word, use quotes [e.g., "carlos"]. There is an implied AND between the Find Name, Place Type, and Nation fields.
Download The AIATSIS Thesauri Conditions Of Use This work is copyright. You may download, display, print and reproduce this material in unaltered form (retaining AIATSIS copyright statement) only for non-commercial use. You can use the terms in the thesaurus to describe items in collections held in Libraries, Archives and Keeping places. All other rights reserved.
Publications on thesaurus construction and use - including some references to facet analysis, taxonomies, ontologies, topic maps and related issues This is a list of printed and electronic publications about the principles of constructing and using information retrieval thesauri. It is not a list of existing thesauri, although some thesauri have been included when they are good examples or illustrate the results of different approaches to thesaurus construction. At the end I have given a few references on the following: I have not yet examined all the articles listed, so in some cases the details and abstracts quoted have come from current awareness services and other sources.
Metadata: Cataloging by Any Other Name Metadata: Cataloging by Any Other Name ... by Jessica Milstead and Susan Feldman ONLINE, January 1999Copyright © Information Today, Inc. Editor's Note: Be sure to take a look at this article's companion piece, also by Jessica and Susan, entitled "Metadata Projects and Standards," for an overview of the variety of emerging and often conflicting projects for standardizing electronic resources. about Thesauri © 2000. Jessica L. Milstead. All Rights Reserved What is a thesaurus? British Museum Object Names Thesaurus Contents IntroductionRules for Compilation of the ThesaurusBibliographyWorking PartyList of Top Terms for the Object Names ThesaurusCopyrightAlphabetical listing with relationships:A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, ZSimple list of terms:A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z Note on This Version Introduction A Collections Data Management Section (CDMS) Working Party was set up in the 1980s to analyse the terms used to record object names in the British Museum, and to incorporate them into an on-line thesaurus. Hierarchical and other standard thesaural relationships were added, as well as explanatory notes where appropriate. The thesaurus architecture is based on ISO 2788.