A procedure for the computer generation of a thesaurus from a set of descriptors, manually assigned to the documents in a library, is described. Recognises only a quasi-associative relationship among desciptors. the specific ...

The choice of candidate terms from different sources of information such as dictionary, encyclopaedia, textbook, indexing and abstracting periodicals, classification schemes, are discussed. The availability of such sources ...

The development of thesauri in science and technology is briefly discussed. The important aspects of the structure and format of a thesaurus are mentioned. The need for revising a thesaurus, the structural changes that ...

The general principles used in constructing thesauri and specifically those used in the Thesaurus of Engineering and Scientific Terms ( TEST) are mentioned. The 'free word' indexing system of the Indian Science Abstracts ...

The concept of "Related Term" (RT) in thesaurus is explained- The method of handlingRTs in Thesaurofacet and the Thesaurus of Engineering and Scientific Terms is examined in relation to the number of RTs listed, common ...

The complex conceptual relationships contained in multi-dimensional documents present the problem of inconsistency in subject analysis and vocabulary control for efficient retrieval is stressed. The development of Thesaurus, ...

The UNESC : IBE Education Thesaurus is evaluated from the point of view of an indexer for use in a manual system, by an experimental indexing of eductional literture -- books, periodical articles, reports and pamphlets -- ...