the motif project: constructing a pilot thesaurus of irish folklore using facet analysis

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Constructing a Thesaurus of Irish Folklore Using Facet Analysis

The MoTIF Project

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Project Aims

Thesaurus Construction Guidelines

MoTIF: Pilot Thesaurus of Irish Folklore

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ControlledVocabularies

Restricted List of TermsConsistency, remove ambiguity, improve precision

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Taxonomies Hierarchical relationshipsBrowsing, navigating

Restricted List of TermsConsistency, remove ambiguity, improve precision

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Thesauri Hierarchical relationships

Equivalence Relationships,Associative Relationships, Scope Notes

Browsing, navigating

Synonyms, antonyms, making connections , definitions, scope

Restricted List of TermsConsistency, remove ambiguity, improve precision

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Custom vocabularies

Adapted vocabularies

International standards and best practice

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GuidelinesLiterature reviewMain elements of a thesaurus

Terms and conceptsRelationships (USE, UF, BT, NT, RT)Notes, node labels and arrays

Facet analysisConstruction process

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GuidelinesLiterature reviewMain elements of a thesaurus

Terms and conceptsRelationships (USE, UF, BT, NT, RT)Notes, node labels and arrays

Facet analysisConstruction process

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GuidelinesLiterature reviewMain elements of a thesaurus

Terms and conceptsRelationships (USE, UF, BT, NT, RT)Notes, node labels and arrays

Facet analysisConstruction process

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GuidelinesLiterature reviewMain elements of a thesaurus

Terms and conceptsRelationships (USE, UF, BT, NT, RT)Notes, node labels and arrays

Facet analysisConstruction process

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Term Selection IVocabulary Resources

A Handbook of Irish Folklore by Seán Ó SuilleabháinBealoideas: Journal of the Folklore of Ireland Society

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Term Selection II Form of Entry

Nouns: count nouns (cows, dogs) in the plural, non-count (livestock, milk) in the singular.Verbs: gerund or verbal, no infinitive.Adjectives: avoid unless significant.Adverbs: avoid.Articles (the, a): avoid.

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Systematic StructureHierarchical (facet) or classified (subject) displayFundamental facets as top concepts (TT).Easily updated structure.Good demonstration of the ISO 25964 hierarchy rules.

Thing/kindWhole/partParticular instances of a class

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Facet AnalysisISO: “grouping of concepts of the same inherent category”

Objects, materials, people, places, etc.

Ranganathan, 1920s and 1930sPersonality, Matter, Energy, Space, Time

Classification Research Group, 1960sThing, kind, part, property, material, process, operation, agent, patient, product, by-product, space and time

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TimePlace / Space / EnvironmentProductsActivitiesProcesses and PhenomenaEvents

AgentsObjectsMaterialsAttributes and PropertiesPartsGenreAbstract Entities and Concepts

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Current and Future WorkExpansion of the pilot thesaurus to approximately 2,000 preferred termsFeasibility study into representation in SKOS

Potential Future WorkMultilingual thesaurus (Irish and English)Representation in SKOSMapping to other vocabularies

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