Analysis of equivalence mapping for terminology services

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 70-92

  McCulloch, Emma ^a   MacGregor, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Interoperability; Knowledge organization systems; SKOS Core; Term equivalence; Terminologies; Vocabulary mapping

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CONFORMAL MAPPING; EQUIVALENCE CLASSES; INTEROPERABILITY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION SYSTEMS; SKOS CORE; TERM EQUIVALENCE; VOCABULARY MAPPING;

TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 38149082102     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: 17416485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165551507079130     Document Type: Article

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