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From: preece@ccvaxa.UUCP
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Subject: Re: keyword-based news
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Date: Mon, 14-Oct-85 11:02:00 EDT
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> /* Written  4:58 pm  Oct 10, 1985 by sewilco@mecc.UUCP in
> ccvaxa:net.news */ What really is necessary is a widely available index
> of concepts which could be used by posters and moderators as a
> standard.  Roget's Thesaurus has one possibility for abstract concepts,
> but falls short on the many objects which we discuss.  Anyone seen
> anything better?  Or start the monthly mod.keyword.list?
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Roget's Thesaurus is, obviously, inadequate for technical topics, but
it's in the right direction.  The two major bibliographic databases in
this area are Engineering Index and Inspec's Computer and Control
Abstracts.  Both use several indexing schemes, including controlled
vocabulary and natural language indexing applied by indexers.
The ACM has a more limited CS classification scheme used for
Computing Reviews.  Indexing using a large controlled vocabulary is
not a task for a beginner.  It takes a LONG time to learn how
the vocabulary works and how to determine the most appropriate
indexing for a particular document.

-- 
scott preece
gould/csd - urbana
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