Assessment of classification and indexing of an agricultural journal based on metadata in AGRIS and CAB Abstracts databases. (2nd June 2009)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bartol, Tomaz
• Is Part Of: International journal of metadata, semantics and ontologies. Volume 4:Number 1/2(2009)
• Page Start: 4
• Page End: 12
• Publication Date: 2009-06-02
• Subjects: databases -- agriculture -- subject headings -- subject categories -- agricultural thesauri -- descriptors -- journal indexing -- journal classification -- terminology -- semantics -- ontology -- agricultural journals -- agricultural classification -- scientific papers -- information retrieval -- metadata; Metadata -- Periodicals; Semantic Web -- Periodicals; Ontologies (Information retrieval) -- Periodicals; Data structures (Computer science) -- Periodicals; Information theory -- Periodicals; 005.74
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1744-2621

Abstract

Agricultural thesauri and classification schemes are being increasingly upgraded as ontologies, prompting end-user awareness of the concept of structured taxonomies and metadata. Related agricultural databases, such as Agris and CAB Abstracts, exhibit differences in subject headings, indexing and classification what we illustrate on the example of an animal and plant production journal Acta Agriculturae Slovenica. Variations are attributable to differences among descriptors, categories, indexing rules, and information professionals. Similar search queries or syntax retrieves different documents. Certain level of replication in different databases, however, enhances retrieval recall and, in turn, boosts international visibility of scientific papers or documents.