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77 This appendix identifies the individual criteria used to assess the TRT. The criteria are organized by the five dimensions of the assessment framework described in Figure 1-1 of this report.
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78 The Transportation Research Thesaurus: Capabilities and enhancements • Terms over three words • Terms with multiple broader terms • Errors in assigning hierarchical relationships • Errors in assigning equivalent relationships • Errors in assigning associative relationships • Inclusion of varied word forms as synonyms (spelling variations, singular/plurals, misspellings) • How are homographs of different meanings treated?
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TRT Assessment Criteria 79 • Number of additional external systems currently using the TRT for search or indexing as a batch upload • Number and nature of other uses of the TRT beyond TRID, TRBPI, TRBRIP • Depth of placement of most frequently used terms (defined through search logs) • Number of information assets assigned to each level of the hierarchy • Number of closely related terms assigned to the same document • Ability to display to the web the full set of terms assigned to a facet • Use of the TRT to select terms for indexing in TRID or other information sources [New]
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80 The Transportation Research Thesaurus: Capabilities and enhancements • Are scope notes created for historical terms that are not approved managed in the TRT? • How often is the TRT evaluated?
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TRT Assessment Criteria 81 • Comparison of the TRT terms to terms used by transportation research institutes, organizations, and vendors • Coverage of facets of the field of transportation as defined by peer-reviewed journals • Coverage of future and "hot topic" terms in the TRT. How well positioned is the TRT to support this research?
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82 The Transportation Research Thesaurus: Capabilities and enhancements • In the current thesaurus management application, are there any constraints to the levels of hierarchical relationships supported in the current application? • Does the current thesaurus management application support a Created By attribute?
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TRT Assessment Criteria 83 • Can the TRT in its current form be integrated into other information management architectures today and in the future? • What level of effort or translation is required to use the thesaurus content in other non-TRB applications (e.g., amount of transformation and manipulation required)
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