© F. Dell'Orso, Bibliography Formatting Software: An Evaluation Template
Last version: January 2005
4.8. Thesaurus
Thesaurus |
Biblioscape |
Bookends |
Biblioscape: no, but folders and notes can be organized in hierarchical way; records (not entires) can be linked via different links |
Bookends: no |
1 Link types: BT/NT; NTG/BTG; RT; USE/UF; TT/NT; |
Biblioscape: n.a. |
Bookends: n.a. |
2 Links are automatically bidirectional |
Biblioscape: n.a. |
Bookends: n.a. |
3 Links can be edited (i.e. change without detaching entries) |
Biblioscape: n.a. |
Bookends: n.a. |
4 Can create kw while making links |
Biblioscape: n.a. |
Bookends: n.a. |
5 Links are validated and controlled, e.g.:
-- a Narrower Term (sub-) cannot also be Broader Term (super-) of its Broader Term
-- a rejected term (Used for) cannot be used
-- no term can refer to itself
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Biblioscape: n.a. |
Bookends: n.a. |
6 SN Scope notes |
Biblioscape: n.a. |
Bookends: n.a. |
7 Multilingual links codes |
Biblioscape: n.a. |
Bookends: n.a. |
8 Can import list of unlinked/linked entries |
Biblioscape: n.a. |
Bookends: n.a. |
9 List is relationally linked to database records |
Biblioscape: n.a. |
Bookends: n.a. |
10 List can be used from records during input |
Biblioscape: n.a. |
Bookends: n.a. |
11 List can be used during search:
1. browsing
2. navigation
3. direct search
4. list itself can be searched |
Biblioscape: n.a. |
Bookends: n.a. |
12 Output
1. screen preview 2. printout |
Biblioscape: n.a. |
Bookends: n.a. |
13 Output layout
1. alphabetic with links and their codes
2. systematic with alphabetically listed subentries
3. permuted: KWIC, KWOC ...
4. hierarchical (TT + alphabetic list; TT + hierarchical list; TT only) |
Biblioscape: n.a. |
Bookends: n.a. |
14 Statistics |
Biblioscape: n.a. |
Bookends: n.a. |
15 Other, e.g.: provisions for candidate descriptors, identifiers, polihierarchy ... |
Biblioscape: n.a. |
Bookends: n.a. |