Overall quality assessment of SKOS thesauri: An AHP-based approach. (December 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Quarati, Alfonso; Albertoni, Riccardo; De Martino, Monica
• Is Part Of: Journal of information science. Volume 43:Number 6(2017)
• Page Start: 816
• Page End: 834
• Publication Date: 2017-12
• Subjects: analytic hierarchy process -- data quality -- overall quality measure -- SKOS -- thesaurus; Information science -- Periodicals; Information science; Periodicals; 020.5
• DOI: 10.1177/0165551516671079
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0165-5515

Abstract

The article proposes a methodology for a thesauri quality assessment that supports decision-makers in selecting thesauri by exploiting an overall quality measure. This measure takes into account the subjective perceptions of the decision-maker according to the reuse of thesauri in a specific application context. The analytic hierarchy process methodology is adopted to capture both subjective and objective facets involved in the thesauri quality assessment, thus providing a ranking of the thesauri assessed. Our methodology is applied to a set of thesauri by using user-driven application contexts. A step-by-step explanation of how the approach supports the decision process in the creation, maintenance and exploitation of a framework of linked thesauri is provided.