http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/synonym_rings_and_authority_files Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:51:40 GMT In part 3 of the continuing series on controlled vocabularies and faceted classification, the authors explain synonym rings and authority files and how their use can bridge the gap between natural language and complex controlled vocabularies (taxonomies and thesauri). <p>&#8220;Most of us know by now that users tend to use a small number of words for each search.&#8221;</p> <p>2.5, in fact. <a href="http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/a/h/ahs4/Docs/IEEE2002.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/a/h/ahs4/Docs/IEEE200&hellip;</a></p> http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/synonym_rings_and_authority_files#content_1707 http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/synonym_rings_and_authority_files#content_1707 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:51:40 GMT christina <p>If you are interested in this article, Peter Van Dijck has just written on some of the same ideas, including some great ideas for implementation using MySQL:</p> <p>Better Search Engine Design: Beyond Algorithms<br /><a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/08/21/better_search_engine.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/08/21/better_sear&hellip;</a></p> http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/synonym_rings_and_authority_files#content_1706 http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/synonym_rings_and_authority_files#content_1706 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:27:35 GMT Mike Steckel