Table of Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: What Are Taxonomies?
Definitions and Types of Taxonomies
Applications and Purposes of Taxonomies
Taxonomies for License
History of Taxonomies
Chapter 2: Who Are Taxonomists?
Backgrounds of Taxonomists
Taxonomist Skills
Related Duties
Employment of Taxonomists
Chapter 3: Creating Terms
Concepts and Terms
Identifying Concepts
Choosing the Preferred Term
Term Format
Precoordinated Terms
Notes and Attributes
Chapter 4: Creating Relationships
Equivalence Relationships and Nonpreferred terms
Hierarchical Relationships
Associative Relationships
Hierarchical/Associative Ambiguities
Semantic Variations for Relationships
Chapter 5: Software for Taxonomy Creation and Management
Software Not Designed for Creating Taxonomies
Thesaurus Software
Single-User Desktop Thesaurus Software
Large-Scale Thesaurus Systems
Free and Open Source Software
Other Software with Taxonomy Management Components
Chapter 6: Taxonomies for Human Indexing
What is Human Indexing?
Terms, Relationships, and Notes for Indexers
Taxonomy Structure and Indexing Interface
Taxonomy Updates and Quality Control
Managing Folksonomies
Chapter 7: Taxonomies for Automated Indexing
Automated Indexing, Search, and Taxonomies
Automated Indexing Technologies
Software for Auto-Categorization
Creating Taxonomies for Automatic Indexing
Chapter 8: Taxonomies Structures
Hierarchies
Facets
Multiple Vocabularies and Categories
Chapter 9: Taxonomy Displays
Thesaurus Displays
Hierarchical Taxonomy Displays
Fielded Search Displays
Chapter 10: Taxonomy Planning, Design, and Creation
Planning for a Taxonomy
Enterprise Taxonomies
Taxonomy Creation Process
Taxonomy Governance
Chapter 11: Taxonomy Implementation and Evolution
Taxonomy Interoperability
Taxonomy Updating
Combining Taxonomies
Multilingual Taxonomies
Chapter 12: Taxonomy Work and Profession
The Nature of Taxonomy Work
Taxonomists as Contractors
Education and Training
Organizations, Conferences, and Networking
Appendix A: Survey of Taxonomists
Appendix B: Glossary
Appendix C: Recommended Reading
Appendix D: Web Sites
About the Author
Index
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