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F. Dell'Orso, Bibliography Formatting Software: An Evaluation Template. 1999
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8 Thesaurus
Pr: no En: no
RM: no Papyrus: yes : keywords System list
8.1 Link types: BT/NT; NTG/BTG; RT; USE/UF; TT/NT;
Pr: n.a.               En: n.a.
RM: n.a. Papyrus: built-in types: sub/super- category; synonyms; antonyms; closely related; other can be created under user's control
8.2 Links are automatically bidirectional
Pr: n.a. En: n.a.
RM: n.a. Papyrus: yes
8.3 Links can be edited (i.e. change without detach entries)
Pr: n.a. En: n.a.
RM: n.a. Papyrus: no: have to be deleted and recreated
8.4 Can create kw while making links
Pr: n.a. En: n.a.
RM: n.a. Papyrus: no, can only link existing entries
8.5 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
Pr: n.a. En: n.a.
RM: n.a. Papyrus: no (except that no term can refer to itself)
8.6 SN Scope notes
Pr: n.a. En: n.a.
RM: n.a. Papyrus: no
8.7 Multilingual links codes
Pr: n.a. En: n.a.
RM: n.a. Papyrus: no
8.8 Can import list of unlinked/linked entries
Pr: n.a. En: n.a.
RM: n.a. Papyrus: yes, only unlinked
8.9 List is relationally linked to database records
Pr: n.a. En: n.a.
RM: n.a. Papyrus: yes
8.10 List can be used from records during input
Pr: n.a. En: n.a.
RM: n.a. Papyrus: yes
8.11 List can be used during search:
  1. browsing
  2. navigation
  3. direct search
  4. list itself can be searched
Pr: n.a. En: n.a.
RM: n.a. Papyrus: 1 2 3; search can take into account a) type of link (include exclude) b) depth of link: up- down- posting
Pr: n.a. En: n.a.
8.12 Output
1. screen preview 2. printout
Pr: n.a. En: n.a.
RM: n.a. Papyrus: 1 (not the whole structured list but any entry in its whole arborescence); (2 print the mere list of entries without links)
8.13 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)
Pr: n.a. En: n.a.
RM: n.a. Papyrus: 1 (only print preview: not the whole list, but complete tree of any term)
8.14 Statistics
Pr: n.a. En: n.a.
RM: n.a. Papyrus: no
8.15 Other, e.g.: provision for candidate descriptors, identifiers, polihierarchy ...
Pr: n.a. En: n.a.
RM: n.a. Papyrus: no (polihierarchy allowed as links are not controlled)


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