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 3.8. Thesaurus

Thesaurus

Library Master Procite EndNote Reference Manager Papyrus
LM: no Pr: no En: no RM: no Papyrus: yes : keywords System list

1 Link types: BT/NT; NTG/BTG; RT; USE/UF; TT/NT;

LM: n.a.               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

2 Links are automatically bidirectional

LM: n.a. Pr: n.a. En: n.a. RM: n.a. Papyrus: yes

3 Links can be edited (i.e. change without detaching entries)

LM: n.a. Pr: n.a. En: n.a. RM: n.a. Papyrus: no: have to be deleted and recreated

4 Can create kw while making links

LM: n.a. Pr: n.a. En: n.a. RM: n.a. Papyrus: no, can only link existing entries

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

LM: n.a. Pr: n.a. En: n.a. RM: n.a. Papyrus: no (except that no term can refer to itself)

6 SN Scope notes

LM: n.a. Pr: n.a. En: n.a. RM: n.a. Papyrus: no

7 Multilingual links codes

LM: n.a. Pr: n.a. En: n.a. RM: n.a. Papyrus: no

8 Can import list of unlinked/linked entries

LM: n.a. Pr: n.a. En: n.a. RM: n.a. Papyrus: yes, only unlinked

9 List is relationally linked to database records

: n.a. Pr: n.a. En: n.a. RM: n.a. Papyrus: yes

10 List can be used from records during input

LM: n.a. Pr: n.a. En: n.a. RM: n.a. Papyrus: yes

11 List can be used during search:
  1. browsing
  2. navigation
  3. direct search
  4. list itself can be searched

LM: n.a. 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

12 Output
  1. screen preview
  2. printout

LM: n.a. 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)

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)

LM: n.a. Pr: n.a. En: n.a. RM: n.a. Papyrus: 1 (only print preview: not the whole list, but complete tree of any term)

14 Statistics

LM: n.a. Pr: n.a. En: n.a. RM: n.a. Papyrus: no

15 Other, e.g.: provisions for candidate descriptors, identifiers, polihierarchy ...

LM: n.a. Pr: n.a. En: n.a. RM: n.a. Papyrus: no (polihierarchy allowed as links are not controlled)



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