Introduction:
To construct the
list of terms selected for this mini-thesaurus two text books on
Knowledge Organization were consulted: Organizing
Knowledge 3rd Edition and The Organization of Information.
The index of each book was examined and words that were considered to
be important concepts in the field (by me) were listed. Relationships
between the concepts were derived from looking at the index of each
book and reading sections of the texts. The list was alphabetized and
the concepts and relationships were listed. Definitions were taken from
all of the sources listed in the references sections listed below and
entered as scope notes into the document.
The purpose of
this mini-thesaurus is to list important concepts in the field of
knowledge organization. Specifically concepts related to controlled
vocabularies and classification were included. Terms used to define
relationships between terms in a thesaurus (e.g. USE) were noted to be
particularly important for this assignment and were included in the
list of terms.
The
mini-thesaurus was constructed according to the rules of ANSI/NISO
Z39.19. Suggestions from Information
Architecture for the World Wide Web, 2nd Edition were also incorporated
into the construction of the mini-thesaurus.
This document is
not anticipated to be updated any further. However suggestions for
changes or corrections can be sent to the author at stanton@email.arizona.edu.
ANSI/NISO Z39.19.
2003.
Guidelines for the Construction, Format, and Management of
Monolingual Thesauri.
Craven, T.
Thesaurus construction: Section 1
URL: http://instruct.uwo.ca/gplis/677/thesaur/main01.htm
Dictionary.com
URL: http://dictionary.reference.com/
Library and
Archives
URL: http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/
Peter Morville
and Louis Rosenfeld. 2002. Information Architecture for the World Wide
Web, 2nd Edition.
Rowley and
Farrow. 2000. Organizing Knowledge 3rd Edition.
Taylor, Arlene.
1999. The Organization of Information.