Inspec Thesaurus

Submitted by Barbara Gilles on Tue, 2009-11-10 12:35

“The Inspec Thesaurus contains a listing of the controlled terms and the lead-ins or cross-reference terms used in the Inspec database. It also gives the relationship between terms, the dates on which they were added, and the terms in use before these dates. The Thesaurus contains over 9400 preferred terms.”

General information
Vocabulary type: 
Thesaurus
Author or Editor: 
Inspec
Vocabulary URL: 

http://www.theiet.org/publishing/inspec/products/range/thesxml.cfm (XML download; http://www.theiet.org/publishing/inspec/products/range/thesaurus.cfm (print version)

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

English

Major subjects covered: 

“Inspec provides comprehensive coverage of traditional and cutting-edge publications in the specific fields of physics, electrical and electronic engineering, communications, computer science, control engineering, information technology, manufacturing and mechanical engineering.”

Purpose: 

Indexing of the Inspec Database.

Vocabulary characteristics
Type of display : 
Hierarchy
Relationship types: 
Equivalence (Primary/variant terms or Preferred/non-preferred)
Hierarchical (Broader/narrower terms)
Associative (Related terms)
Terms and Conditions
Availability: 
frer
Comments, Availability: 
Print version and XML file download available to purchase through the IET shop.
Provider
Vocabulary provider name: 
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (The IET)
Provider URL: 

http://www.theiet.org

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