Results from a German terminology mapping effort: intra- and interdisciplinary cross-concordances between controlled vocabularies

Mayr, Philipp, Petras, Vivien and Walter, Anne-Kathrin Results from a German terminology mapping effort: intra- and interdisciplinary cross-concordances between controlled vocabularies., 2007 . In 6th European Networked Knowledge Organization Systems (NKOS) Workshop at the 11th ECDL Conference, Budapest, Hungary, 21. September 2007. (Unpublished) [Presentation]

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In 2004, the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research funded a major terminology mapping initiative at the GESIS Social Science Information Centre in Bonn (GESIS-IZ), which will find its conclusion this year. The task of this terminology mapping initiative was to organize, create and manage ‘crossconcordances’ between major controlled vocabularies (thesauri, classification systems, subject heading lists) centred around the social sciences but quickly extending to other subject areas. This project is the largest terminology mapping effort in Germany. The number and variety of controlled vocabularies targeted provide an optimal basis for insights and further research opportunities. To our knowledge, terminology mapping efforts have rarely been evaluated with stringent qualitative and quantitative measures. This research should contribute in this area. For the NKOS workshop, we plan to present an overview of the project and participating vocabularies, an introduction to the heterogeneity service and its application as well as some of the results and findings of the evaluation, which will be concluded in August.

Item type:	Presentation
Keywords:	Cross-concordances, Controlled vocabularies, Semantic heterogeneity, Web service
Subjects:	H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HL. Databases and database Networking. I. Information treatment for information services > IC. Index languages, processes and schemes. H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HM. OPACs. L. Information technology and library technology > LR. OPAC systems. L. Information technology and library technology > LC. Internet, including WWW.
Depositing user:	Philipp Mayr
Date deposited:	22 Oct 2007
Last modified:	02 Oct 2014 12:09
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/10562

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