So, just as a helpful hint for people doing Taxonomy type stuff, or whatever controlled vocabulary: The difference between pre-coordinate and post-coordinate terms are pretty obvious when you can actually remember them, but here’s a helpful hint:
Precoordinate: concepts are combined into terms before the thesaurus is created.
Postcoordinate: concepts are combined into terms after the thesaurus is created — ie: usually at time of use.
I know that someday someone who needs this information will find it searching the web, and that makes me (relatively) happy.
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2006 June 04 at 8:01 pm
librarian to be
ayep, Corprew, you just helped me figure out what the heck obsfucoator is talking about… I owe you one!
2008 November 10 at 1:56 pm
Erin
“I know that someday someone who needs this information will find it searching the web, and that makes me (relatively) happy.”
You were right, thank you!