Leonard Mada wrote:

> I made some progress regarding the keywords. Unfortunately, I believe
> that a plain keyword list won't solve much of the current problems; see
> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Bib-Keywords paragraph 2.2
> "Limitations of Current Keyword Strategies" for some reasons why basic
> keywords are far from adequate.
>
> I believe that a solution to this problem could lie in a hierarchical
> keyword tree. 

Just a question for me to understand what exactly you are talking about when 
you refer to "keywords". I ask because in German language there are two 
different words with different concepts behind, which you both find in every 
library: "Schlagwort" and "Stichwort"

As wikipedia correctly notes, "Schlagworte" are controlled lists of words, 
often with hierarchical structure, whereas "Stichworte" are simply a set of 
words used in the document or used to find this document in a search.
To give examples typical routes using "Schlagworte" are
Nonfiction -> Science -> Life sciences -> Ecology -> Plant ecology
or Nonfiction -> Guidebooks -> Cooking -> Asian meals

"Stichworte" are not usually stored hierarchically, they give just hints what 
topics are covered or what words appear often in the document. However, when 
defining them for a new document, it might help the user to have a list of 
typical ones around, possibly organized in a hierarchical structure.
Is it that what you mean? Is it that what is the english term "keywords" 
referring to?
-- 
Matthias Basler
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