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The accidental taxonomist [electronic resource] / Heather Hedden.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hedden, Heather.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Information organization.
- Classification.
- Indexing.
- Subject headings.
- Cross references (Information retrieval).
- Thesauri.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxx, 473 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Medford, N.J. : Information Today, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Accidental Taxonomist is the most comprehensive guide available to the art and science of building information taxonomies. Heather Hedden-one of today's leading writers, instructors, and consultants on indexing and taxonomy topics-walks readers through the process, displaying her trademark ability to present highly technical information in straightforward, comprehensible English.
- Contents:
- What are taxonomies?
- Who are taxonomists?
- Creating terms
- Creating relationships
- Software for taxonomy creation and management
- Taxonomies for human indexing
- Taxonomies for automated indexing
- Taxonomy structures
- Taxonomy displays
- Taxonomy planning, design, and creation
- Taxonomy implementation and evolution
- Taxonomy work and the profession.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-23890-X
- 9786613238900
- 1-57387-918-5
- OCLC:
- 756501810
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