CrissCross, Seoul 2006-08-23

SWD = indexing standard for German speaking countries subject headings from all subject areas updated daily mappings to other thesauri DDC German since 2005 SWD-terms -> subject access to Dewey classified documents

MACS – link and search interface (prototype) DDC = language independent = backbone for connecting German, English, French subject headings MACS – link and search interface (prototype) multilingual access: sports & theatre

library collections publications users background indexed with different subject heading systems / SWD classified with different classification schemes / DDC publications in various languages users search for „international“ documents in WWW

switching back & forth between terms create cluster vocabulary aim – cross-searching switching back & forth between terms create cluster vocabulary users search with terms of their choice minimize time-consuming retrieval

funded by German Research Foundation (DFG) – 2 years partners: project funded by German Research Foundation (DFG) – 2 years partners: German National Library (DNB) University of Applied Sciences, Cologne project team / staff: 6+

linking 150 000 topical headings with DDC 1) check SWD meaning 2) search DDC number 3) add DDC number to authority file 4) SWD automatically added to DDC 306.875 Eineiiger Zwilling

more than one DDC number built numbers allowed precision mark #..#

extent of correspondence (precision) 3 – SWD essentially corresponding with DDC 2 – SWD more specific than DDC 1 – SWD broader resp. much more specific Begabungsdiagnostik 153.94 #3# Online-Befragung 001.433 #2# Juniorprofessur 378.12 #1#

BnF: 70.000 RAMEAU authorities with LCSH connect them with SWD! SWD Frau <Motiv> LCSH Women in literature RAMEAU Femmes – Dans la littérature

Thank you! y.jahns@d-nb.de Yvonne Jahns, Seoul 2006-08-23