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Peer reviewedJones, Kevin P. – Journal of Documentation, 1981
Proposes that the major criteria for handling compound words should rest upon their orthography (physical form), lexicography (dictionary definition), and semantics, with special attention given to possible homographs. BS 5723 is criticized for failing to pay sufficient attention to the requirements of mechanized systems. Thirty-one references are…
Descriptors: Coordinate Indexes, Indexing, Lexicography, Online Systems
