Difference between revisions of "Thesaurus"
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| − | A thesaurus is a book that lists words grouped together according to similarity of meaning (containing synonyms and sometimes antonyms), in contrast to a dictionary, which contains definitions and pronunciations. | + | A '''thesaurus''' is a book that lists '''words grouped together according to similarity of meaning''' (containing synonyms and sometimes antonyms), in contrast to a dictionary, which contains definitions and pronunciations. |
| − | In Information Science, Library Science, and Information Technology, specialized thesauri are designed for information retrieval. They are a type of controlled vocabulary, for indexing or tagging purposes. If you want more information about term you can take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thesaurus | + | In Information Science, Library Science, and '''Information Technology, specialized thesauri are designed for information retrieval'''. They are a type of controlled vocabulary, for indexing or tagging purposes. If you want more information about term you can take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thesaurus |
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| − | There's a great utility http://protege.stanford.edu/ to create and maintaining your own thesaurus. In Internet can be found specific thesaurus, for example | + | There's a great utility http://protege.stanford.edu/ to create and maintaining your own thesaurus. In Internet can be found specific thesaurus, for example [http://aims.fao.org/website/AGROVOC-Thesaurus/sub]Agrovoc ( FAO ) |
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A thesaurus is a book that lists words grouped together according to similarity of meaning (containing synonyms and sometimes antonyms), in contrast to a dictionary, which contains definitions and pronunciations.
In Information Science, Library Science, and Information Technology, specialized thesauri are designed for information retrieval. They are a type of controlled vocabulary, for indexing or tagging purposes. If you want more information about term you can take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thesaurus
OpenKM can working with thesaurus defined in .owl and .rdfs formats.
There's a great utility http://protege.stanford.edu/ to create and maintaining your own thesaurus. In Internet can be found specific thesaurus, for example [1]Agrovoc ( FAO )
To correctly OpenKM thesaurus installation you need to knowing ...
SKOS Simple Knowledge Organization System
