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Craven, Timothy C. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1993
Discusses the use of thesauri in automatic indexing and describes the development of a prototype computerized abstractor's assistant. Topics addressed include TEXNET, a text network management system; the use of TEXNET for abstracting; the structure and use of a thesaurus for abstracting in TEXNET; and weighted terms. (Contains 26 references.)…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Automatic Indexing, Computer Software Development, Information Retrieval
Craven, Timothy C. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1996
Experimental subjects wrote abstracts of an article using a simplified version of the TEXTNET abstracting assistance software; subjects were presented with either keywords or phrases extracted automatically. Results showed considerable variation among subjects, but 37% found the keywords or phrases "quite" or "very" useful in…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Abstracts, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software
