Name
Thesaurus Management Tools
Synopsis
Tools that provide support for the development and management of controlled vocabularies and thesauri.
Examples
MultiTes, http://www.multites.com/
Synaptica, http://www.synaptica.com/
Lexico, http://www.pmei.com/lexico.html
Oracle interMedia, http://www.oracle.com/intermedia/
Verity Developer’s Kit, http://www.verity.com/products/devokit/fagl.html
Comments
The bleeding edge! We heard one success story from someone who integrated MultiTes and Verity. However, most early adopters have had to rely on custom development and integration. The hard part is supporting controlled vocabulary management in today’s decentralized publishing environments.
Resources
“Thesaurus Management Software” from the American Society of Indexers, http://www.asindexing.org/site/thessoft.shtml
“Software for Building and Editing Thesauri” from Willpower Information, http://www.willpower.demon.co.uk/thessoft.htm
“About Thesauri” by Jessica L. Milstead, http://www.jelem.com/aboutf.htm
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