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G1.10

Controlled Vocabularies and Synonyms

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  1. G1.10.1A controlled vocabulary gives each concept one preferred term; others point to it
  2. G1.10.2A thesaurus describes hierarchy and association with broader, narrower, and related terms
  3. G1.10.3Authority files hold canonical names for entities and resolve homographs and aliases
  4. G1.10.4Controlled vocabularies are staff-maintained, unlike folksonomies
  5. G1.10.5At retrieval, non-preferred terms map to the preferred term and yield the same results
  6. G1.10.6Vocabularies need versioning and change records as the domain evolves