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Unit 8: Indexing

8.3 Summary Notes

• Indexing is depending both on the document to be indexed and on the indexer performing
the process.
• The importance of indexing documents specific to a specific discipline, task or point of view
may be illustrated by an example from the Royal Library in Copenhagen.
• Various styles of indexing used in printed publications.
• In most IT shops, there are at least three different environments: Production, Quality Assur-
ance/Test, and Development.
• The design phase for indexes is just like the design phase for developing code.

8.4 Keywords

Indexing : Depends upon both on the document to be indexed and on the indexer performing
the process under specific conditions in a specific environment.
Clustering : Aims to bring together group of closely related documents.

8.5 Review Questions

1. Write brief note on indexing development.
2. Explain the design phase for indexes.
3. Good indexes are not a mistake. Comment.

Answers: Self Assessment

1. (b), 2. (b), 3. (a)
4. Database indexes
5. Design phase
6. DMV’s
7. Seeks and scans.
8. Maintenance

8.6 Further Readings

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Cooke, A : A guide to finding quality Information on the Internet. 2 Edition. London:
Facet Publishing, 2001.
Oddy, P. Future libraries, future catalogs. London: LA, 1996.
Chowdhary, GG: Introduction to Modern Infomation Retrieval. London: LA, 1999.

Online links http://everything.explained.at/index_%28publishing%29/
www.wikipedia.com.

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