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doi:10.1002/asi.4630320112

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

1981

DOI: 10.1002/asi.4630320112

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Natursprache versus Indexsprache in der Chemie-Dokumentation

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2006

Angewandte Chemie

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EinfuhrungWenn man sich auf die Suche nach Fachliteratur begibt, in der ein bestimmtes Thema abgehandelt ist, dann muI3 man sich ein Schlagwort fur dieses Thema uberlegen oder mehrere von ihnen. Man hofft, unter einem solchen Schlagwort im Register zweckdienliche Literaturhinweise zu finden, oder man benutzt diese Schlagworter als Suchauftrag fur einen mechanisierten Speicher, in welchem Fachliteratur zugriffsbereit gesammelt ist.Fur den Literatursuchenden bedeutet es immer eine Erleichterung, wenn er diese Schlagworter der vertrauten Fachsprache entnehmen kann, ohne daB er einschrankende Regelungen beriicksichtigen muB. Dies ist bei den Registern und auch bei vielen computerisierten Speichern mdglich. Eine kunstsprachliche -oder genauer gesagt ,,indexsprachliche" -Ausdrucksweise ist beim Literatursuchenden hingegen nur wenig beliebt. Man kennt sie beispielsweise von einigen Bibliotheksklassifikationen und computerisierten Informationsspeichern her. Sie mu0 fur den Suchzweck immer eigens erlernt und auch laufend geubt werden.

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Natursprache versus Indexsprache in der Chemie-Dokumentation

Fugmann¹

2006

Angewandte Chemie

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Natural versus Indexing Language in Chemical Documentation

Fugmann¹

1982

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl.

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In any literature search one must be able to predict which modes of expression have been used to represent the concepts of interest in the search file. It is these lingual expressions which will be looked up or will constitute the search parameters in a mechanized search. In the case of general concepts and statements, uncontrolled natural language lacks the required representational predictability, as is demonstrated, for example, for classes of chemical compounds and for types of reactions. Hence, considerable loss of relevant information is bound to occur in searches for these concepts in free text files, regardless of how advanced a computer program may be. By restricting the modes of expression as is achieved by means of an indexing language and its reliable employment, predicability is increased and, consequently, information loss is drastically reduced.-In contrast, the modes of expression for indiuidual concepts (e. g . individual chemical substances, authors, institutions) are, by their very nature, often sufficiently predictable in uncontrolled natural language. In these cases, the value of translating them into indexing-language expressions is often ques-Wissenschaftliche Dokumentation, Hoechst AG D-6230 Frankfurt am Main 80 (Germany) 608 0 Verlag Chernie GmbH. 6940 Weinheim, 1982 0570-0833/82/0808-0608 $ 02.50/0 Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 21 (1982) 608-616

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Lancaster

1981

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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Sir:I respect John Rothman's opinions [ 11 but, in this case at least, I do not agree with them. It seems clear to me that we are evolving from a paper-based society to an electronicsbased society, and that this will mean the eventual replacement of paper by electronics for most communication purposes. I have given my reasons for this prognosis elsewhere [2] so I will not repeat them here. The only real question in my mind is "how much replacement will have occurred by when?" A recently completed Delphi study [3] involving librarians, publishers, and technologists, suggests that we will be far into this replacement stage by the year 2000.Another recent investigation [ 41 shows that libraries are beginning to cancel printed subscriptions to secondary services in favor of online access on demand. Moreover, some libraries coming into existence in the "electronic age" are moving directly to online services without even contemplating the intermediate stage of subscriptions to print on paper.On the natural language versus controlled vocabulary issue, I know of no study that has proven, under experimental conditions, that controlled vocabulary indexing outperforms natural language. I know of several that demonstrate the reverse.

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