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controlled vocabulary: a standalone construct

One name. One construct. A landmark on the map.

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controlledvocabulary1 CONSTRUCTControlled vocabularyLANCASTER · KNOWLEDGE

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Knowledge organization

an agreed list of preferred terms, with links among them, used in indexing and searching so that one concept is always expressed the same way.

In knowledge organization, controlled vocabulary refers to an agreed list of preferred terms, with links among them, used in indexing and searching so that one concept is always expressed the same way. This meaning comes from Lancaster (1972) in Vocabulary control for information retrieval.[1]

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References

  1. Lancaster, F. W. (1972). Vocabulary control for information retrieval. Information Resources Press. ISBN 9780878150533

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