© F. Dell'Orso, Bibliography Formatting Software: An Evaluation Template
Last version: January 2005
 
  

  4.8. Thesaurus
  
 
Thesaurus | 
| Biblioscape | 
Bookends | 
| Biblioscape: no, but folders and notes can be organized in hierarchical way; records (not entires) can be linked via different links  | 
Bookends: no | 
1 Link types: BT/NT; NTG/BTG; RT; USE/UF; TT/NT;  | 
| Biblioscape: n.a. | 
Bookends: n.a.               | 
2 Links are automatically bidirectional | 
| Biblioscape: n.a. | 
Bookends: n.a. | 
3 Links can be edited (i.e. change without detaching entries) | 
| Biblioscape: n.a. | 
Bookends: n.a. | 
4 Can create kw while making links | 
| Biblioscape: n.a. | 
Bookends: n.a. | 
5 Links are validated and controlled, e.g.: 
 
-- a Narrower Term (sub-) cannot also be Broader Term (super-) of its Broader Term 
 
-- a rejected term (Used for) cannot be used 
 
-- no term can refer to itself 
 
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| Biblioscape: n.a. | 
Bookends: n.a. | 
6 SN Scope notes | 
| Biblioscape: n.a. | 
Bookends: n.a. | 
7 Multilingual links codes | 
| Biblioscape: n.a. | 
Bookends: n.a. | 
8 Can import list of unlinked/linked entries | 
| Biblioscape: n.a. | 
Bookends: n.a. | 
9 List is relationally linked to database records | 
| Biblioscape: n.a. | 
Bookends: n.a. | 
10 List can be used from records during input | 
| Biblioscape: n.a. | 
Bookends: n.a. | 
11 List can be used during search: 
 
  1. browsing 
 
  2. navigation 
 
  3. direct search 
 
  4. list itself can be searched | 
| Biblioscape: n.a. | 
Bookends: n.a. | 
12 Output 
 
  1. screen preview 2. printout | 
| Biblioscape: n.a. | 
Bookends: n.a. | 
13 Output layout 
 
  1. alphabetic with links and their codes 
 
  2. systematic with alphabetically listed subentries 
 
  3. permuted: KWIC, KWOC ... 
 
  4. hierarchical (TT + alphabetic list; TT + hierarchical list; TT only) | 
| Biblioscape: n.a. | 
Bookends: n.a. | 
14 Statistics | 
| Biblioscape: n.a. | 
Bookends: n.a. | 
15 Other, e.g.: provisions for candidate descriptors, identifiers, polihierarchy ... | 
| Biblioscape: n.a. | 
Bookends: n.a. |