the motif project: constructing a pilot thesaurus of irish folklore using facet analysis - catherine...
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Presented to the Annual Seminar of the Library Association of Ireland’s Cataloguing and Metadata Group, 8th of November, 2013.TRANSCRIPT
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LAI CMG Annual Seminar, November 8 2013
Constructing a Thesaurus of Irish Folklore Using Facet Analysis
The MoTIF Project
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Project Aims
Thesaurus Construction Guidelines
MoTIF: Pilot Thesaurus of Irish Folklore
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ControlledVocabularies
Restricted List of TermsConsistency, remove ambiguity, improve precision
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Taxonomies Hierarchical relationshipsBrowsing, navigating
Restricted List of TermsConsistency, remove ambiguity, improve precision
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Thesauri Hierarchical relationships
Equivalence Relationships,Associative Relationships, Scope Notes
Browsing, navigating
Synonyms, antonyms, making connections , definitions, scope
Restricted List of TermsConsistency, remove ambiguity, improve precision
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Custom vocabularies
Adapted vocabularies
International standards and best practice
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GuidelinesLiterature reviewMain elements of a thesaurus
Terms and conceptsRelationships (USE, UF, BT, NT, RT)Notes, node labels and arrays
Facet analysisConstruction process
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LAI CMG Annual Seminar, November 8 2013
GuidelinesLiterature reviewMain elements of a thesaurus
Terms and conceptsRelationships (USE, UF, BT, NT, RT)Notes, node labels and arrays
Facet analysisConstruction process
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LAI CMG Annual Seminar, November 8 2013
GuidelinesLiterature reviewMain elements of a thesaurus
Terms and conceptsRelationships (USE, UF, BT, NT, RT)Notes, node labels and arrays
Facet analysisConstruction process
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LAI CMG Annual Seminar, November 8 2013
GuidelinesLiterature reviewMain elements of a thesaurus
Terms and conceptsRelationships (USE, UF, BT, NT, RT)Notes, node labels and arrays
Facet analysisConstruction process
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MoTIFConstruction
Process
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1. Selection of terms
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MoTIFConstruction
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MoTIFConstruction
Process1. Selection of terms2. Structure3. Facet Analysis4. Relationships5. Alphabetical List
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MoTIFConstruction
Process1. Selection of terms2. Structure3. Facet Analysis4. Relationships5. Alphabetical List6. Expert Review
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MoTIFConstruction
Process1. Selection of terms2. Structure3. Facet Analysis4. Relationships5. Alphabetical List6. Expert Review7. Documentation
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Thesaurus
LAI CMG Annual Seminar, November 8 2013
MoTIFConstruction
Process1. Selection2. Structure3. Facet Analysis4. Relationships5. Alphabetical List6. Expert Review7. Documentation
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Term Selection IVocabulary Resources
A Handbook of Irish Folklore by Seán Ó SuilleabháinBealoideas: Journal of the Folklore of Ireland Society
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Term Selection II Form of Entry
Nouns: count nouns (cows, dogs) in the plural, non-count (livestock, milk) in the singular.Verbs: gerund or verbal, no infinitive.Adjectives: avoid unless significant.Adverbs: avoid.Articles (the, a): avoid.
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Systematic StructureHierarchical (facet) or classified (subject) displayFundamental facets as top concepts (TT).Easily updated structure.Good demonstration of the ISO 25964 hierarchy rules.
Thing/kindWhole/partParticular instances of a class
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Facet AnalysisISO: “grouping of concepts of the same inherent category”
Objects, materials, people, places, etc.
Ranganathan, 1920s and 1930sPersonality, Matter, Energy, Space, Time
Classification Research Group, 1960sThing, kind, part, property, material, process, operation, agent, patient, product, by-product, space and time
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TimePlace / Space / EnvironmentProductsActivitiesProcesses and PhenomenaEvents
AgentsObjectsMaterialsAttributes and PropertiesPartsGenreAbstract Entities and Concepts
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Current and Future WorkExpansion of the pilot thesaurus to approximately 2,000 preferred termsFeasibility study into representation in SKOS
Potential Future WorkMultilingual thesaurus (Irish and English)Representation in SKOSMapping to other vocabularies
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