Controlled Vocabulary & Thesaurus Design Resources & Future Directions

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Thesaurus Design Software  Comprehensive list of Thesaurus Software   Comparison of Thesaurus Software 

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop A Cautionary Note  The true work of controlled vocabulary design is the collection and intellectual organization of terms!  Thesaurus software  A tool for developing thesauri  Analogous to the functionality of a word processor for writing a book  Unfortunately will not do all of the work for you  That said, it is always good to have the right tool for the job!

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Example 1

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Example 1

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Example 1

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Example 1

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Example 1

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Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Example 2

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Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Example 3

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Example 3

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop The Future of Controlled Vocab  Integrated ILS and thesauri  The semantic web  Goals  Make semantic relationships machine-readable  Distributed database platform  Combined sets of semantic relationships = Semantic Web  Some XML based technologies  RDF - Resource Description Framework  OWL - Web Ontology Language  RSS - Really Simple Syndication  Ex. MARCXML

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Continuum of Vocabulary Control Less Complexity More List Synonym Ring Taxonomy Ontology Thesaurus Ambiguity Control Synonym Control Ambiguity Control Synonym Control Hierarchical Relationships Ambiguity Control Synonym Control Hierarchical Relationships Associative Relationships

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop A Terminology Challenge Business Information Science Computer Science Controlled Vocabulary Taxonomy Ontology

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Changing Definitions  When the standard was published  Ontology ~ Taxonomy = Hierarchy  Now…  Taxonomy = Controlled Vocabulary = Ontology  Expect it to continue to change!

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Taxonomies are Everywhere  Especially in product websites  Examples include  Yahoo!, Amazon, HomeDepot, etc.  To see them you need to just look around

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Ontologies  Part of the Semantic Web suite of technologies  Ontologies are:  Published in a Namespace (like a URL)  Consist of Objects, Associations, and Instances  Completely analogous to Controlled Vocabularies  Terms, Relationships, Application of the term to some Thing

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Information Layer Knowledge Layer (Content) Topic Map Model (Index)

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Information Layer The Information Layer  The lower layer contains the content  usually digital, but need not be  can be in any format or notation  can be text, graphics, video, audio, etc.

knowledge layer The Knowledge Layer  The upper layer consists of topics and associations  Topics represent the subjects that the information is about  Associations represent relationships between those subjects

ChunHyang-Ga(Pansori) KangSan-Je (Sect) belongs to famous for composed-By singer-tone consists of is a body of is a dunum of part-tone Kim, MH (Tambour) Shin, JH (Composer) Jung-Mo-Li (Rhythm) Sarang-Ga(Part) Present (Genealogy) exponent of teacher-student part-rhythm singer-part played-by tambour-rhythm has editorials Appears in Soonchang(Region) SeolRyong- Ge(Tone) Song, KR Park, NJ matches with is a member of Man-Jung ChunHyang Editorials (Editorials) Pansori Occurrence Mapping

ChunHyang-Ga(Pansori) KangSan-Je (Sect) belongs to Famous in Composed-By singer-tone consists of Is a body of Is a dunum of part-tone Kim, Myunghwan (Tambour) Shin, Jaehyo (Composer) Jung-Mo-Li (Rhythm) Sarang-Ga(Part) Present (Genealogy) exponent of teacher-student part-rhythm singer-part Played by Tambour-Rhythm Has editorials appears in Soonchang(Region) SeolRyong- Ge(Tone) Song, Kwangrok Park, Nokju Mathes with is a member of Man-Jung ChunHyang Editorials ( 사설집 ) Pansori Occurrence Types Contents Geneaology Introduction Website Article Video Position Album Image Sound Critique Paper A date of birth Biography Book Birthplace Real namePen name Nick name Activity year Structure Producing year

Pansori Domain TM Structures Topic TypesAssociation TypesOccurrence Types ◦ Je ◦ Sect ◦ KangSan-Je ◦ DongPyon-Je ◦ DongCho-Je ◦ SeoPyon-Je ◦ ChungGo-Je ◦ People ◦ Tambour ◦ Composer ◦ Singer ◦ Singer genealogy ◦ Pansori Type ◦ Creative Pansori ◦ Pansori ◦ Dan-Ga ◦ Byon-Chang ◦ SeungDo-Chang ◦ Chang-Guk ◦ Part ◦ Body ◦ Rhythm ◦ Tone ◦ Region ◦ Editorials ◦ Pansori Elements ◦ Appears in ◦ Belongs to ◦ Composed by ◦ Consists of ◦ Exponent of ◦ Famous in ◦ Has Editorials ◦ Hierarchical relationship ◦ Is a body of ◦ Is a dunum of ◦ Is a member of ◦ Matches with ◦ Part-Rhythm ◦ Part-Tone ◦ Played by ◦ Singer-Part ◦ Singer-Tone ◦ Tambour-Rhythm ◦ Teacher-Student ◦ Contents ◦ Concert ◦ Article ◦ Paper ◦ Work Structure ◦ Nick Name ◦ Real Name ◦ Image ◦ Sound ◦ Introduction ◦ Genealogy ◦ Producing Year ◦ Book ◦ Type ◦ Position ◦ Editorial ◦ Video ◦ Critique ◦ Prize ◦ Albums ◦ Web site ◦ Homepage ◦ Date Of Birth ◦ Activities Year ◦ Birth Place ◦ Pen Name

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Relational Schema for Topic Maps

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Ontology Crosswalks EnvML … Time Latitude Longitude Altitude … Species … Environment SensorML Timestamp … X Y Z Sensor Precision … Mote

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Ontology Integration EnvML … Time Latitude Longitude Altitude … Species … Environment SensorML Timestamp … X Y Z Sensor Precision … Mote EnvSensML Timestamp Latitude Longitude Altitude Species Sensor Precision Environment Mote

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop MARCXML Schema

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Resources Available  List of thesauri   Thesaurus construction guide   Course materials - for updated slidesets 

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Course Goals  Understand and apply fundamental concepts of controlled vocabulary and thesaurus design, and why they are important  Understand and apply diverse types of term relationships to structure descriptive terms  Understand and apply both basic rules and best practices from existing thesauri to the construction and maintenance of thesauri and controlled vocabularies  Develop a basis for exercising individual judgment for making thesaurus and controlled vocabulary decisions

Developed by the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services and Library of Congress’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop Wrapping up  Any last questions?  Course evaluations