purpose: manuscripts as written works of past generations are important collections in research and university libraries in iran. they convey useful information about different subject areas. the need to this enormous amount of information emphasis on their organization and the application of the new electronic information technologies. methodology: regarding to the presence of more than 5,000 ...

thesaurus is one, out of many, precious tool in information technology by which information specialists can optimize storage and retrieval of documents in scientific databases and on the web. in recent years, there has been a shift from thesaurus to ontology by downgrading thesaurus in favor of ontology. it is because thesaurus cannot meet the needs of information management because it cannot c...

The article presents the main provisions of theory thesaurus-type dictionaries, gives definitions thesaurus, describes relationship thesaurus with type writing, considers Sapir-Whorf l inguistic relativity and their connection way thinking methods conceptualizing extra-linguistic reality by representatives different ethnic cultures. authors propose ideographic writing as one models ethnocogniti...

establishing order, integrity, consistency, and accuracy in thesauri as information storage and retrieval systems plays an important role in the organization of information. the deployment of universally accepted standards, therefore, facilitates the accomplishment of this goal. to achieve this goal, the ansi /niso z 39.19 -2005 standard offers certain rules and principles for constructing cont...