Published Subject Indicators For Modelling Thesaurii

PSI Metadata

Index Of Subjects

Description	Published Subjects for creating a model of a = thesaurus.
Publisher	http://www.techquila.com/psi/tecqhuila/#kal_ahmed
Creator	http://www.techquila.com/psi/tecqhuila/#kal_ahmed
Language	http://www.topicmaps.org/xtm/1.0/language.xtm#en
Version	0.3
Status	Draft
Date Published	2003/11/06
PSDS Docs	http://www.techquila.com= /psi/thesaurus/ http://www.= techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/thesaurus.xtm

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Term

Published Subject Identifier:=20 http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#term

A type of topic which models a single term in a thesaurus. A term is = a single=20 word or phrase in a thesaurus.

Concept

Published Subject Identifier:=20 http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#concept

A type of topic which models the concept represented by a collection = of=20 synonymous terms in a thesaurus.

Scope Note

Published Subject Identifier:=20 http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#scope-note

A type of occurrence of a Term which = either=20 references or contains information related to the thesaurus term. = Typically=20 scope notes are provided by the thesaurus compiler or editor. The scope = note=20 resource may be either contained inline as resource data or referenced = from an=20 occurrence of this type.

Term Warrant

Published Subject Identifier:=20 http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#term-warrant

A type of occurrence of a Term which = references a=20 source which justifies the use of the term in the thesaurus. A warrant = may be=20 referenced either by a link or by a citation entered as inline resource = data in=20 the occurrence. Multiple warrants should be modelled using one = occurrence of=20 this type per topic.

Term Relationship

Published Subject Identifier:=20 http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#term-relationship

The base class for all term-to-term relationships contained in a = thesaurus=20 including, but not limited to Broader= /=20 Narrower, Part-Whole and=20

Related Term

Published Subject Identifier:=20 http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#related-term

The base class of role played by a term in a Term=20 Relationship association.

Concept Relationship

Published Subject Identifier:=20 http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#concept-relationship

The base class for all concept-to-concept relationships contained in = a=20 thesaurus including, but not limited to Broader= /=20 Narrower and Part-Whole.

Related Concept

Published Subject Identifier:=20 http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#related-concept

The base class of role played by a Concept in = a Con= cept=20 Relationship association.

Broader / Narrower

Published Subject Identifier:=20 http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#broader-narrower

A type of association between two entries in a thesaurus (either Term instances = or Concept = instances).=20 In an association of this type, at one topic must play the role type Broader, = and one=20 topic must play the role type Narrower

Broader

Published Subject Identifier:=20 http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#broader

A type of association role in an association of the type Broader= /=20 Narrower. The player of this role is the entry with the broader = definition=20 of the two.

Narrower

Published Subject Identifier:=20 http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#narrower

A type of association role in an association of the type Broader= /=20 Narrower. The player of this role is the entry with the narrower = definition=20 of the two.

Synonymous Terms

Published Subject Identifier:=20 http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#synonymous-terms

A type of association between two or more Term instances = which=20 asserts that all of the terms represented by the topics which are role = players=20 in the association are considered synonymous by the thesaurus. In an = association=20 of this type, EITHER all topics must play the role type Synonym OR = one topic=20 must play the role type Preferred= Term=20 and one topic must play the role type Non-P= referred=20 Term.

Preferred Term

Published Subject Identifier:=20 http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#preferred-term

A type of association role which indicates that the role player or = role=20 players are terms preferred for use in the domain covered by the=20 thesaurus.

Non-Preferred Term

Published Subject Identifier:=20 http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#non-preferred-term

The concept of a thesaurus term whose use is deprecated in favour of = some=20 preferred term.

When modelling a topic map using the topic-per-term = pattern:=20 A type of association role which indicates that the role player or role = players=20 are Term = instances=20 whose use is deprecated in the domain covered by the thesaurus.

When modelling a thesaurus using the topic-per-concept=20 pattern: A topic in the scope of a base name of a Concept = topic where=20 the name string is the non-preferred term in the thesaurus being = modelled.=20

Synonym

Published Subject Identifier:=20 http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#synonym

A type of association role. In an association of the typeSynonym= ous=20 Terms this role indicates that the role player or role players are = all=20 considered to be synonymous with one another.

Part-Whole

Published Subject Identifier:=20 http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#part-whole

A type of association which expresses a relationship between two or = more=20 terms where or more topics where one topic, playing the role Whole = represents a=20 whole thing and one or more topics playing the role Part each = represent some=20 component of the whole.

Part

Published Subject Identifier:=20 http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#part

A type of association role. In an association of the type Part-Whole, the=20 role player or role players are all considered to be components which go = to make=20 up the player of the Whole=20 role.

Whole

Published Subject Identifier:=20 http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#whole

A type of association role. In an association of the type Part-Whole, the=20 player of this role is the topic which represents the thing which is = constructed=20 of the components represented by players of the Part=20 role.

Editor Note

Published Subject Identifier:=20 http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#editor-note

A subclass of Scope = Note=20 providing editorial information regarding the entry.

General Note

Published Subject Identifier:=20 http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#general-note

A subclass of Scope = Note=20 providing general information regarding the entry.

Hierarchy Note

Published Subject Identifier:=20 http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#hierarchy-note

A subclass of Scope = Note=20 providing information regarding the placement of the entry in the = thesaurus=20 hierarchy.

History Note

Published Subject Identifier:=20 http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#history-note

A subclass of Scope = Note=20 providing historical information regarding the entry.

Translation Note

Published Subject Identifier:=20 http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#translation-note

A subclass of Scope = Note=20 providing translation information regarding the=20 entry.

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Broader	http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#broader
Broader= /=20 Narrower	http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#broader-narrower
Concept	http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#concept
Con= cept=20 Relationship	http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#concept-relationship
Editor=20 Note	http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#editor-note
General=20 Note	http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#general-note
Hierarchy= =20 Note	http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#hierarchy-note
History=20 Note	http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#history-note
Narrower	http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#narrower
Non-P= referred=20 Term	http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#non-preferred-term
Part	http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#part
Part-Whole	http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#part-whole
Preferred= =20 Term	http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#preferred-term
Related = Concept	http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#related-concept
Related=20 Term	http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#related-term
Scope=20 Note	http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#scope-note
Synonym	http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#synonym
Synonym= ous=20 Terms	http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#synonymous-terms
Term	http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#term
Term=20 Relationship	http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#term-relationship
Term=20 Warrant	http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#term-warrant
Transla= tion=20 Note	http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#translation-note
Whole	http://www.techquila.com/psi/thesaurus/#whole