A Study on the Development of Thesaurus Using Terminological Definitions

용어 정의를 도입한 시소러스 개발 연구

  • Published : 2001.06.01

Abstract

As contemporary thesauri have become large and complex, it is increasingly difficult to assess the intended meaning of each one of the terms. Thereby the meaning of many descriptors seems to be very similar, and it is often not possible to distinguish among them and to identify the term correctly. Purpose of this article is to induce definitions of descriptors in thesaurus by specifying the characteristics of each concept, locating it in the domain and providing clear and prescriptive information on the meaning of each descriptor in the form of a standardized terminological definition. In this study, a small prototype thesaurus using definition of term in the field of information industry in Korean Standards has been developed. In this thesaurus definitions are written for each descriptor with the help of a proposed defining model and in accordance with defining rules borrowed from the field of terminology. In addition, elements of analyzed definition have been included in the relation structure of descriptors. It is revealed that terminological definition added to thesaurus may permit extraction of separate items of information from definitions for the representation of knowledge structures and makes it easier to confine the scope of descriptors to be included in thesaurus in a given subject field.

특정 주제영역의 시소러스에 수록되는 디스크립의 의미 범위를 한정하고, 개념의 본질적인 속성을 제공하기 위해 정의를 도입하고, 정의를 구성하는 데이터요소를 정의모델에 따라 분석한 후, 이를 시소러스 관계구조로 표현하기 위한 연구이다. 이를 위해 한국산업규격(KS)의 정보산업분야에 수록된 용어정의 327개를 정의규칙과 정의모델에 따라 분석한 다음, 각 속성을 디스크립터의 관계구조로 표현한 시소러스를 실험적으로 구현하였다. 지금까지 시소러스 구축시 개발주체의 성격에 따라 디스크립터 수록범위와 관계구조의 설정을 달리해 왔다. 용어의 정의를 시소러스 구조에 도입하게 되면 각 디스크립터의 의미범위를 한정할 수 있고, 동시에 정의에 사용된 용어간의 의미관계를 디스크립터 관계고조로 표현할 수 있어, 의미범위와 관계구조의 표준화 가능성을 기대할 수 있다.

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