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6. Software for thesaurus development and management
Technology plays an important role in the development, management and use of document languages. The computer is effective in accomplishing repetitive tasks quickly and accurately. In the thesaurus environment, the computer is used for :
identify, collect and sort candidate terms ;
facilitate the production of various types of data display, in printed or digital form;
facilitate data handling and updating ;
ensure direct interaction between the thesaurus and indexing and search operations;
facilitate the compilation of statistics on the frequency of use of terms.
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Bibliography
Software tools(non-exhaustive list)
MTM (free) http://www.icie.com.pl/
The W32 (free) http://publish.uwo.ca/~craven/freeware.htm
Websites
A-Z of Thesauri (HILT High-level thesaurus project) http://hilt.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/Sources/thesauri.html
DALBIN (S.). – Descriptors: Site dedicated to thesauri and other controlled vocabularies for information access. http://www.dossierdoc.typepad.com/descripteurs/
...Events
World Wide Web Consortium. SKOS Simple Knowledge Organization System Reference. W3C Recommendation, August 18, 2009 http://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference
World Wide Web Consortium. SKOS Simple Knowledge Organization System Primer. W3C Working Group Note, August 18, 2009
Standards and norms
- Règles d'établissement des thésaurus monolingues - NF Z47-100 - 1981
- Thésaurus et interopérabilité avec les autres vocabulaires. Partie 1 : Thésaurus - ISO 25964 - 2011
- Information and documentation – Guidelines for the creation, structure and presentation of indexes - ISO 999 - 1996
- Codes pour la représentation des noms de langues - ISO 639 - 1998-2010
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