Attributes marked with an asterisk (*) are considered mandatory.
| Core Content Characterization | |
|---|---|
| Attribute | Value |
| Title* | Defense Technical Information Center Thesaurus |
| Acronym | DTIC Thesaurus |
| **One of the following (Web page(s), Identifier, or Contact Information) is mandatory: | |
| Web page(s)** | Not available via web. |
| Identifier** | (DTIC Acquisition number) AD-A378 274, (DTIC Document number) DTIC-TR-2000/08 |
| Contact Information** | John Dickert, Lexicographer, DTIC, jdickert@dtic.mil, Suite 0944, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6218 |
| Inclusion Rationale* | This resource is of particular interest to our DoD partners. The terminology in the DTIC thesaurus is also quite broad and would cover many of the other areas indicated under subject below, including environment and healthcare. |
| Subject* | defense or military science, physics, electronics, enginerring, materials |
| Kind of Metadata* | Thesauri (no definitions). |
| Size statistics (estimated)* | 17K controlled terms, 500 use references |
| Initial Submitter* | Gail Hodge |
| Date of Initial Survey* | 2005-12-17 |
Attributes marked with an asterisk (*) are considered mandatory.
| Supplementary Content Characterization | |
|---|---|
| Attribute | Value |
| Date* | 2004-10-?? |
| Creator | Defense Technical Information Center |
| Publisher* | Defense Technical Information Center |
| Description* | Presented in three formats: alphabetic, hierarchical, keyword in context. |
| Language(s)* | English |
| Graph-theoretic Classification* | tree |
| Format / Schemas(s)* | Text file, numbers and indentation indicate level in tree. |
| Media / Download* | Not generally available for download. Provided directly by lexicographer. |
| Constraint Specifications | None |
| Protocol(s) | None |
| Licensing Issues* | None |
| Export restrictions | None |
| Subsets | Arrangements for subsets could be made with the lexicographer but not automatically available. |
| Versions, Updates | Thesaurus is updated quarterly. Thesaurus is available to DTIC Users. |
| Documentation | None (?) |
| Character Set Encoding* | ASCII |
| Measurement units | Not applicable. |
| Dataset / Standards Dependencies | None |
| Related Datasets | None |
| Software tools | None |
| Audience(s) | For use by indexers and searchers of the Private and Public STINet system at DTIC. Also used to create special bibliographies and to organize materials at the Information Analysis Centers (IACs). |
| Citation | No |
| Surveyor* | Editor: John H. Dickert (703)767-9014 jdickert@dtic.mil |
| Date of Survey* | 2005-01-21 |
The following data elements are to be supplied by XMDR project staff/collaborators.
Attributes marked with an asterisk (*) are considered mandatory.
| Content Characterization by XMDR Staff | |
|---|---|
| Attribute | Value |
| MDR Participant Expertise | Gail Hodge |
| MDR Evaluator* | Gail Hodge |
| Inclusion Priority* | 1 |