VOCON - VOCABULARY CONTROL ONLINE IN MICROISIS DATABASES

Discusses the need for facilities for online vocabulary control and st andardization of terms, codes, etc., so as to secure consistency in na ming of subjects, objects, countries, languages, etc., in databases at data entry stage. Most information storage and retrieval packages for microcomputers including MicroIsis provide for online vocabulary cont rol in formulating search expressions for information retrieval, but n ot at the data entry stage. VOCON.PAS is a Pascal interface program fo r use with MicroIsis software for (a) online selection of term(s) and/ or code(s) from vocabulary control tool, such as, a thesaurus, subject heading list, classification scheme, nomenclature list(s).