Comments on: Controlled Vocabularies: A Glosso-Thesaurus

By: Brett Lider

Brett Lider — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

To quote a colleague, this article is “painfully elegant.” I love the idea of the CV glossary being a CV itself.

By: victor

victor — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hey, where’s “aboutness” ??

By: Bob Huerster

Bob Huerster — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I like this “Glosso-Thesaurus.” Very clever. Nice addition to your helpful series on controlled vocabularies and faceted classification.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Didn’t Glosso-Thesaurus fight Godzilla in “Giant Monster Gamera”?

By: Marcel van Mackelenbergh

Marcel van Mackelenbergh — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

My opinion on facets is different. I think a facet is a way in which a user may look at the object. This means that a facet says as much about the user as it says something about the object. I think a facet is the question a user may ask about the object. I think creating facets requires user analysis. I know my opinion is different from what I hear from others.

If you mention “aboutness”, I mention “basic-levelness”.

By: fredleise

fredleise — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Please note that the authors of this article are Karl Fast, Mike Steckel and Fred Leise.