To support studies in automatic indexing, classification and extracting, a general purpose frequency program was developed to further theoretical and practical understanding of text word distributions. While the program is primarily designed for counting strings of character-oriented data, it can be used without change for counting any items which…

The problems of information handling in education and a description of the techniques used to meet some of these problems are discussed. (Editor/KE)

Examines the "functional sentence perspective" theory, working with the concepts of the "theme" and "rheme" of a sentence, and analyzes possibilities for its implementation in the theory of information systems, particularly with respect to the study of so-called thematic progressions in and general structural formula of the text. (Author/CWM)

This set of papers offers insights into some of the major developments in the field of classification and knowledge organization, and highlights many of the fundamental changes in views and theories which have taken place during the last 40 years. This document begins with a series of reminiscences from former delegates of the first International…