Representational
predictability
Representational predictability is a requirement for any adequately complete
search (cf., e.g., Fugmann, 1985, pp. 121-123; Wellisch, 1989, p. 10; Bates,
1998, p.1,188; Blair, 1990, pp. 48-52, 101). In these papers the deficiencies of
the keywords approach are discussed.
William Cooper (1969, p. 268-270) uses the term indexer-requester consistency:
The terms chosen by an indexer should match the terms potentially used by the
requester in order to make the document representations predictable by the users.
Literature:
Cooper, W. (1969). Is interindexer consistency a hobgoblin? American
Documentation, 20(3), 268-278.
Fugmann, R. (1982). The
complementarity of natural and indexing languages. International
Classification, 9, 140–144.
Fugmann, R. (1994). Representational Predictability: Key to the Resolution of
Several Pending Issues in Indexing and Information Supply. Advances in
Knowledge Organization, 4, 414-422.
Mills, J. (2004). Faceted classification and logical division in information
retrieval. Library Trends, 52(3), 541-570.
See also: Consistency in
Knowledge Organization;
Birger Hjørland
Last edited: 27-07-2006