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Peace & Security Studies Thesaurus Mark Weixel University Center for International Studies University of Pittsburgh Mark Weixel University Center for International Studies University of Pittsburgh
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Review Peace & Security Studies Thesaurus originally funded by US Institute of Peace in effort to create a control vocabulary for Security Studies First draft finished in 2002 based on input during a congress of academic experts Adopted as a test indexing vocabulary for a project at University of Pittsburgh Peace & Security Studies Thesaurus originally funded by US Institute of Peace in effort to create a control vocabulary for Security Studies First draft finished in 2002 based on input during a congress of academic experts Adopted as a test indexing vocabulary for a project at University of Pittsburgh
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Review: Continued USIP approached Pitt in 2004 concerning PSST Needed a control vocabulary for a new portal to facilitate a knowledge network focused on Rule of Law issues in peacekeeping missions Multi-purpose portal with federated content contribution (text, documents, images from various parties--UNDPKO, OSCE, CoESPU) USIP approached Pitt in 2004 concerning PSST Needed a control vocabulary for a new portal to facilitate a knowledge network focused on Rule of Law issues in peacekeeping missions Multi-purpose portal with federated content contribution (text, documents, images from various parties--UNDPKO, OSCE, CoESPU)
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Thesaurus Expansion Needed to expand vocabulary to handle new legal terms Original Plan: Use a portal to facilitate communication between a new panel of experts Forums for discussion Polls to vote on proposed terms E-mail updates to alert panel of updates Needed to expand vocabulary to handle new legal terms Original Plan: Use a portal to facilitate communication between a new panel of experts Forums for discussion Polls to vote on proposed terms E-mail updates to alert panel of updates
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Plans Change… Committee members, while generally enthusiastic, were slow to adapt to portal After schedule slid, changed tack: Asked each committee member to recommend 5 “authoritative references,” which were then analyzed for key concepts Concepts were listed in a ballot for committee members to approve or reject Committee members, while generally enthusiastic, were slow to adapt to portal After schedule slid, changed tack: Asked each committee member to recommend 5 “authoritative references,” which were then analyzed for key concepts Concepts were listed in a ballot for committee members to approve or reject
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Term Collection Print materials: concordance of keywords taken from book’s index Electronic materials: analyzed using ConceptQ Software creates concordance and performs network analysis on corpus to determine main concepts based on frequency of occurrence and position Print materials: concordance of keywords taken from book’s index Electronic materials: analyzed using ConceptQ Software creates concordance and performs network analysis on corpus to determine main concepts based on frequency of occurrence and position
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The Experts Vote A ballot with over 1050 terms was presented to committee members Majority vote won, with weighting for expertise Experts only rejected about two dozen terms A ballot with over 1050 terms was presented to committee members Majority vote won, with weighting for expertise Experts only rejected about two dozen terms
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…the Rules Change Original plan for use changed Instead of using thesaurus terms to index/tag items in INPROL portal, USIP opted for a decidedly smaller taxonomy, consisting of aggregated concepts Map needed from thesaurus terms to taxonomy items Prevents past year from being a complete waste Thesaurus more finely grained than taxonomy Original plan for use changed Instead of using thesaurus terms to index/tag items in INPROL portal, USIP opted for a decidedly smaller taxonomy, consisting of aggregated concepts Map needed from thesaurus terms to taxonomy items Prevents past year from being a complete waste Thesaurus more finely grained than taxonomy
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Nuts & Bolts Terms are managed in TermChoir Organized into 4 vocabularies (General International Relations, Rule of Law Issues, Geography, Roles of States, Orgs, & Individuals) Terms exported out to XML Public access via custom script to search & retrieve XML version Terms are managed in TermChoir Organized into 4 vocabularies (General International Relations, Rule of Law Issues, Geography, Roles of States, Orgs, & Individuals) Terms exported out to XML Public access via custom script to search & retrieve XML version
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Novus Modus Operandi A “librarian” in the knowledge network assesses content (reading/ConceptQ) Based on concepts, then searches thesaurus Mapped categories used to index item in portal A “librarian” in the knowledge network assesses content (reading/ConceptQ) Based on concepts, then searches thesaurus Mapped categories used to index item in portal
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Current Status 1040 terms in Thesaurus 329 in Rule of Law vocabulary 287 have been categorized according to INPROL taxonomy 209 categorized RoL terms Categorization continuing 1040 terms in Thesaurus 329 in Rule of Law vocabulary 287 have been categorized according to INPROL taxonomy 209 categorized RoL terms Categorization continuing
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