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Everything you need to buildasaurus.(Brief article)(Book review)

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| June 04, 2007 | Till, Jonathan Gordon | COPYRIGHT 2007 Incisive Media, published with the permission of Incisive Media. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Jonathan Gordon Till

Everything you need to buildasaurus

' book review

The many concepts around the core thesaurus topics of classification, taxonomy, topic map, ontology, index and metadata are expertly brought together in this book. The author sets out with great clarity the differences between the different tools and their application in managing vocabularies.

This text is an excellent all-round guide to thesauruses and subject management generally, with plentiful examples and clear explanations. Professional indexers will find useful support on term selection, form of entry and presentation, augmenting what they have learnt from the indexing profession's own training.

Those concerned with website or intranet content editing -- some of whom may not have had an LIS education -- will find many of the chapters a useful adjunct to their keyword building exercises. For example, novice public sector ...

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