Published Subject Indicators For Modelling Thesaurii

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The base class of role played by a Concept in a Concept Relationship association.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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