A system for machine‐aided thesaurus construction

Abstract

The BSI ROOT Thesaurus has been developed first of all as a comprehensive indexing and searching tool for technological applications and secondly as a labour‐saving device in the construction of further thesauri. The classified section of the thesaurus was prepared first and input to the computer, where it is held in subject order, and from the subject file the alphabetical section was generated entirely automatically. In future thesaurus projects it will be possible to make use of the system developed and/or all or part of the existing subject schedules.

Citation

Dextre, S.G. and Clarke, T.M. (1981), "A system for machine‐aided thesaurus construction", Aslib Proceedings, Vol. 33 No. 3, pp. 102-112. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb050775