A Store That Makes the Clothes That Maketh the Man
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ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURE OF INDEXING LANGUAGE IN THESAURUS
Type of Indexing Language Controlled vocabulary is employed for the purpose of indexing. Controlled vocabulary offers potential benefits such as increased precision and recall, and indexing consistency. Natural indexing language is not employed here since we are dealing with a collection of physical objects (suits). While text associated with the suits could be found in the manufacturers' catalogues and invoices, the relevant terms would already have been included into the controlled vocabulary since the catalogues were part of the authoritative sources (3.6.1.2.) we consulted. Others included apparel dictionary, glossaries, and books written specially on the subject. In the controlled
vocabulary, each descriptor represents a single concept which may be expressed
by a single-word term or by a multi-word term (3.1). Where two or more
terms exist for a single concept, we followed the guideline on literary
warrant (3.6.1.1.) by selecting the most frequently used term as the descriptor
and assigning the remaining variants as entry (non-preferred) terms. Besides
literary warrant, we were also guided by user warrant in the choice of
preferred terms. For example, "fabrics" is assigned as the preferred
term since it is actually used by the sales staff ("material"
is assigned as the non-preferred term). We also used parenthetical qualifiers
(3.2.1.) to provide the context in which the preferred terms are found.
For example, "pockets (trousers)" and "pockets (jackets)"
emphasize the differences in location and style of the pockets. |
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