Review of Cohesion in Indexing
Indexers often disagree on judging terms that best reflect the content of a document. Difference of opinion highlights one of the characteristics of indexing which is indexing cohesion. Also known as consistency, little study of the subject matter has been undertaken in the past few years. However,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | fas |
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Iranian Research Institute for Information and Technology
2007-07-01
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| Series: | Iranian Journal of Information Processing & Management |
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| Online Access: | http://jipm.irandoc.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-54&slc_lang=en&sid=1 |
| Summary: | Indexers often disagree on judging terms that best reflect the content of a document. Difference of opinion highlights one of the characteristics of indexing which is indexing cohesion. Also known as consistency, little study of the subject matter has been undertaken in the past few years. However, its importance has been recently acknowledged in effective information retrieval and expansion of access points to the document content. The present paper investigates cohesion in indexing. In addition of presenting the definitions offered by experts, it takes note of the factors influencing indexing cohesion. Methods for measuring cohesion are offered. |
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| ISSN: | 2251-8223 2251-8231 |