Controlled Term

A Controlled Term is a terminological word within a controlled terminology.

• Context:
  • It must have a Preferred Term Name.
  • It can have one or more Nonpreferred Term Name.
  • It must have a Concept Definition.
  • It can be represented by a Controlled Term Record.
  • …
• Example(s):
  • The preferred term in GM-RKB for the concept of a controlled term is “Controlled Term”.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Preferred Term Name, is just the Name of a Controlled Term.
  • a Glossary Item Definiendum.
• See: Synonym, Record Identifier, Term Description.

---

---

References

2001

• (Jacquemin, 2001) ⇒ Christian Jacquemin. (2001). “Spotting and Discovering Terms Through Natural Language Processing." MIT Press. ISBN:0262100851
  • Controlled term: A controlled term is a term that has been manually validated and inserted into a term bank or a thesaurus. Any automatic indexing based on controlled terms is called controlled indexing and free indexing otherwise.

---