[Sigia-l] What is a "Top Term" in a thesaurus?

[James Melzer]

The top term, if I understand what you are looking for, is the very
first term in a hierarchical scheme like a taxonomy or ontology. It
scopes the domain of the CV by providing a single concept to which all
other concepts are children. In the example of the animal kingdom, the
top term is 'animals' and then it is bifurcated into 'vertibrates' and
'invertibrates' and is subdivided from there.

~ James


On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 15:08:43 +0800, Melvin Kumar <melvink2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I am trying to seek clarification of the meaning of the term "Top
> Term" in a thesaurus.
> 
> I tried looking at the Z39.19 but it doesn't say anything about that.
> 
> I look at the thesaurus construction manual by  Aitchison, Jean, and
> there is mention of term but no clarification of it.
> 
> Any theasurus experts out there can help me out??
> 
> Can point me to some book or website or give a description of the term
> and its usage in the thesaurus. Would greatly appreciate your help.
> 
> Thank You in advance.
> 
> Jay
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