Using machine-readable text as a source of novel vocabulary to update the Dewy Decimal classification

Authors

  • Caroline Jean Godby OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.
  • Ray Reighart OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7152/acro.v9i1.12746

Abstract

A technique is presented for automatically importing novel and emergent vocabulary into the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) from a domain-specific corpus of machine-readable text using insights from recent work by computational linguistics on word sense disambiguation. Results show that most of the vocabulary is mapped to the DDC hierarchy that is most appropriate for characterizing the domain.

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Published

1998-11-01

Issue

9th ASIS SIG/CR Classification Research Workshop

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