Analysis of equivalence mapping for terminology services
McCulloch, E. and Macgregor, G. (2008) Analysis of equivalence mapping for terminology services. Journal of Information Science, 34 (1). pp. 70-92. ISSN 0165-5515
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Abstract
This paper assesses the range of equivalence or mapping types required to facilitate interoperability in the context of a distributed terminology server. A detailed set of mapping types were examined, with a view to determining their validity for characterizing relationships between mappings from selected terminologies (AAT, LCSH, MeSH, and UNESCO) to the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) scheme. It was hypothesized that the detailed set of 19 match types proposed by Chaplan in 1995 is unnecessary in this context and that they could be reduced to a less detailed conceptually-based set. Results from an extensive mapping exercise support the main hypothesis and a generic suite of match types are proposed, although doubt remains over the current adequacy of the developing Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS) Core Mapping Vocabulary Specification (MVS) for inter-terminology mapping.
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McCulloch, E. and Macgregor, G. ![]() | Item type: | Article |
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ID code: | 3173 |
Keywords: | classification, interoperability, knowledge organisation systems, SKOS Core, terminologies, vocabulary mapping, resource discovery, Knowledge Organization Systems, KOS, Electronic information resources, Library and Information Sciences, Information Systems |
Subjects: | Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Information resources > Electronic information resources |
Department: | Professional Services > Information Services Faculty of Science > Computer and Information Sciences |
Depositing user: | Miss Emma McCulloch |
Date deposited: | 03 Sep 2007 |
Last modified: | 27 Jan 2021 08:32 |
URI: | https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/3173 |
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