1. CrissCross, Seoul

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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+

7. 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
Eineiiger Zwilling

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

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

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

11. Thank you!
Yvonne Jahns, Seoul