From thesaurus to ontology: the development of the Kaunokki Finnish fiction thesaurus

Saarti, Jarmo; Hypén, Kaisa; Saarti, Jarmo; Hypén, Kaisa

doi:https://doi.org/10.3828/indexer.2010.15

The Indexer: The International Journal of Indexing (2010), 28, (2), 50–58.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3828/indexer.2010.15
Language: English
Pages: 9

Abstract

Jarmo Saarti and Kaisa Hypén look briefly at pre-computer age fiction retrieval methods. They discuss the challenges works of fiction present in the information management and retrieval context and the need to develop fiction indexing tools suitable for web-based services, and describe how the creation of Kaunokki – the Finnish fiction thesaurus – in 1996, and its development into the Kirjasampo-SAHA web service for readers and librarians, are helping to meet these challenges.

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