Using classification schemes and thesauri to build an organizational taxonomy for organizing content and aiding navigation

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 842-876

  Wang, Zhonghong ^a   Chaudhry, Abdus Sattar ^a   Khoo, Christopher S G ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Classification schemes; Controlled languages; Information systems; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349130002     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410810912424     Document Type: Article

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