GAO Thesaurus

Submitted by Barbara Gilles on Tue, 2009-11-10 17:00
“The GAO Thesaurus lists more than 2,500 terms used to index GAO documents and retrieve information from the GAO documents data base.”
General information
Vocabulary type: 
Thesaurus
Current version/edition : 
Fourth edition
Current version date: 
Sun, 1998-11-01
Available formats: 
PDF
Vocabulary URL: 

http://www.gao.gov/products/OIMC-99-1; http://www.gao.gov/store1999/oi99001.pdf

Was vocabulary created as a course project: 
No
Scope and Usage
Languages: 

English

Vocabulary characteristics
Type of display : 
Alphabetical list
Description of overall structure: 

“The thesaurus is divided into two parts: (1) an alphabetical thesaurus of subject terms; and (2) a keyword out of context index.”

Relationship types: 
Equivalence (Primary/variant terms or Preferred/non-preferred)
Hierarchical (Broader/narrower terms)
Associative (Related terms)
Number of terms: 
Over 2,500
Terms and Conditions
Availability: 
PDF file freely available for download.
Provider
Vocabulary provider name: 
U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO or USGAO)
Provider URL: 

http://www.gao.gov/

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