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- APPENDIX B. INTERVIEW SCHEDULE FORM
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- HYPERTEXT INFORMATION ACCESS STUDY
- DATA COLLECTION INSTRUMENT
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- A. HYPERTEXT ARCHIVE TRANSACTION/SUPPORT SYSTEM:
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- A.1. Please summarize the basic hypertext document content
- assembly & maintainance procedures?
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- A.2. GENERAL PRESENTATION AND PRODUCTION DESIGN OF THE
- HYPERTEXT ACCESS SYSTEM:
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- A.2.a. Describe the general arrangement of the main
- document file. (Unique document identification,
- general logical arrangement, basic principle of
- access)
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- A.2.b. Please summarize the general concepts of the
- system's "user interface," the document access and
- display methods, design of the presentatio means, etc.
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- A.2.c. Identify and briefly describe the general
- production tools or building tools used in
- construction of the system.
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- A.2.d. Identify and briefly describe the specialized
- organizational and quality control tools which allow
- you to build the system.
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- B. THE HYPERTEXT INFORMATION ACCESS SYSTEM:
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- B.1. ACCESS POINTS - Which of the following types of
- access points are included in your system?
- For each question item, please rate using the following
- categories, and comments as needed...
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- P)resent,E)asily achievable,M)odifications needed,N)ot
- achievable
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- B.1.a. Main file sequence - direct file access
- Category: P E M N
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- B.1.b. Author
- Category: P E M N
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- B.1.c. Title
- Category: P E M N
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- B.1.d. Name forms
- Category: P E M N
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- B.1.d.i. Personal names
- Category: P E M N
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- B.1.d.ii. Corporate names (Companies, organizations,
- government, etc.)
- Category: P E M N
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- B.1.e. Keywords
- Category: P E M N
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- B.1.f. Subject/Topic/Concept
- Category: P E M N
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- B.1.g. Geographic
- Category: P E M N
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- B.1.h. Date, chronological, temporal
- Category: P E M N
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- B.1.i. Language
- Category: P E M N
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- B.1.j. Document format - book, article, pamphlet, report,
- etc.
- Category: P E M N
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- B.1.k. Document position - section, page, location
- Category: P E M N
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- B.1.l. Automated field specifications - record size, entry
- date, notations, originator, etc.
- Category: P E M N
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- B.2 ACCESS APPROACHES - Which of the following subject or
- topical information devices are used in your system?
- For each question item, please rate using the following
- categories, and comments as needed...
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- P)resent,E)asily achievable,M)odifications needed,N)ot
- achievable
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- B.2.a. Classification schemes
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- B.2.a.i. Hierarchical taxonomy
- Category: P E M N
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- B.2.a.ii. Enumerative, universal, classification [Dewey
- type classification]
- Category: P E M N
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- B.2.a.iii. Specialized, literary warrant, classification
- [Library of Congress, Reader Interest Classification]
- Category: P E M N
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- B.2.a.iv. Faceted classification (analytico-synthetic)
- [PRECIS style of indexing] [C., p.65]
- Category: P E M N
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- B.2.b. Indexing approaches
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- B.2.b.i. Alphabetical index, separate or dictionary file
- Category: P E M N
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- B.2.b.i.A. Keywords, extracted or assigned
- Category: P E M N
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- B.2.b.i.B. Controlled vocabulary assignment
- Category: P E M N
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- B.2.b.i.C Relative index, e.g., to Dewey classification
- Category: P E M N
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- B.2.b.ii. Term manipulation indexes (generally for
- production of printed output)
- Category: P E M N
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- B.2.b.ii.A. Simple permuted or rotated - KWIC
- Category: P E M N
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- B.2.b.ii.B. Ordered by extracted element - KWOC
- Category: P E M N
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- B.2.b.ii.C. String indexing (phrase-manipulation, rotation
- of terms) - PRECIS, NEPHIS, etc.
- Category: P E M N
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- B.2.b.ii.D. Chain indexing (string indexing, with forms
- reflecting basic taxonomy of terms [C., p. 67]
- Category: P E M N
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- B.2.b.iii. Classified index (generally requires secondary
- alphabetical index, for ease of use) [C., p. 56]
- Category: P E M N
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- B.2.b.iv. Coordinate indexing - Manual coordination or
- automated database file, using Boolean search [C., p.
- 60]
- Category: P E M N
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- B.2.b.iv.A. Older non-automated searching methods -
- peekaboo, edge-notched cards, Uniterm terminal digit
- cards
- Category: P E M N
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- B.2.b.iv.B. Database file search - Sequential or indexed
- field search
- Category: P E M N
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- B.2.b.iv.C. Full text search
- Category: P E M N
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- B.2.b.v. Faceted indexing [C., p 65]
- Category: P E M N
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- B.2.b.vi. Citation indexing [C., p. 72]
- Category: P E M N
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- B.3. CONTROL MECHANISMS - Which of the following subject
- access control measures, intended to control
- consistency, form, and item sequencing, are present in
- your system?
- For each question item, please rate using the following
- categories, and comments as needed...
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- P)resent,E)asily achievable,M)odifications needed,N)ot
- achievable
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- B.3.a. Classification schedule
- Category: P E M N
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- B.3.b. Vocabulary control systems
- Category: P E M N
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- B.3.b.i. Authority/Headings files
- Category: P E M N
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- B.3.b.ii. Thesaurus control
- Category: P E M N
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- B.3.b.iii. Derived-term methods or algorithms
- Category: P E M N
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- B.3.b.iv. Hierarchical search thesaurus (database file)
- Category: P E M N
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- B.3.b.v. Entry term form control mechanisms
- Category: P E M N
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- B.3.b.v.A. Entry syntax (preferred noun/adjective, etc.,
- construction form)
- Category: P E M N
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- B.3.b.v.B. Standard number approach (plural, singular
- form preference)
- Category: P E M N
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- B.3.b.v.C. Automatic depluralization (database file)
- Category: P E M N
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- B.3.b.v.D. Synonym definition (database file)
- Category: P E M N
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- B.3.c. "Standard Subdivision" or faceted classification
- protocol
- Category: P E M N
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- B.3.d. Term or descriptor relationships - Roles, links,
- weighting
- Category: P E M N
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- B.3.e. Filing or sorting rules
- Category: P E M N
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- B.3.f. Manual or automated authority/procedural safety
- measures
- Category: P E M N
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