Complexity in Indexing Systems--Abandonment and Failure: Implications for Organizing the Internet.

Weinberg, Bella Hass

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ERIC Number: EJ557165

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1996

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Complexity in Indexing Systems--Abandonment and Failure: Implications for Organizing the Internet.

Weinberg, Bella Hass

Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, v33 p84-90 1996

Discusses detailed classification systems, sophisticated alphabetical indexing systems and reasons for the abandonment of complex indexing systems. The suggested structure for indexing the Internet or other large electronic collections of documents is based on that of book indexes: specific headings with coined modifications. (Author/AEF)

Descriptors: Classification, Computer System Design, Document Delivery, Electronic Libraries, Electronic Text, Indexing, Information Sources, Information Technology, Internet, Subject Index Terms

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Speeches/Meeting Papers

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Language: English

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