Overcoming the Database Vocabulary Barrier--A Solution.

And Others; Niehoff, Robert

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ERIC Number: EJ212761

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Publication Date: 1979-Oct

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Overcoming the Database Vocabulary Barrier--A Solution.

And Others; Niehoff, Robert

Online, v3 n4 p43-54 Oct 1979

Discusses the Vocabulary Switching System (VSS), an experimental, automated switching system, which specifically addresses the problems of heterogeneous database vocabularies and indexes and the difficulty these pose for users who wish to combine more than one database in a single online search. (CWM)

Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Computer Science, Databases, Information Retrieval, Machine Translation, Online Systems, Search Strategies, Subject Index Terms, Vocabulary

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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