This document discusses post-coordinate indexing and uniterm indexing. Post-coordinate indexing allows searchers to freely combine terms at search time, which can increase recall but decrease precision. Uniterm indexing involves analyzing documents into individual concepts represented as single terms. These terms are recorded on cards divided into numbered columns, and searching involves finding common numbers across cards to retrieve documents. While flexible, post-coordinate and uniterm indexing can be time-consuming and lack context.
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2. Post Coordinate Indexing
Features
Types( Uniterm, Peek a-boo)
Advantage , Disadvantage
Conclusion
3. Post coordinated indexing is the opposite of
precoordinated indexing
The searcher controls how terms are combined
for a search and the set of document retrieved
This will general increase recall but usually
decrease precision
Allows searchers the freedom to freely combine
many terms that are relevant to the search
4. No fixed sequence order or citation order is necessary
Every term get equal weight
Co-ordinate of concept is done by the searcher at the
search stage
The searcher has the complete freedom to coordinate
the index terms
Multidimensionality in relationship of concept can be
retained
There is usually a large number of entries in post co-
ordinate indexing system than the precordinate
indexing system
5. Searching a uniterm file is difficult because it relies on the
ability of the searcher to notice matching numbers on the
card that are received in response to a given query.
This process is based on simple process: Each card is divided
in to small unit of numbered squares , each unit bearing a
specific number, and a document number is punched on the
apt position on the card. Thus a document number in which
the term , written on the top of the card , appears at the
time of searching. The card are then placed in a box against
a source of light . Light will pass through those card that
have punches at the same position .The numbers represented
by these position will contain all the terms present in the
query , and thus will be the output.
6. A peek a- boo card contains space at the top of the
heading for posting of a term /phrase , like a uniterm
card , and the body of the card is divided uniterm card
is divided up into numbered squares ranging from 500 to
1000 or up to 10,000
A mechanism that uses optical coincidence or peek a
–boo card was devised to overcome the problem of
manual searching .This system removed some of the
problems involved in searching uniterm cards, but if
there were a large number of punches on a card , it
could easily become mutilated after being used a
number of times
7. Uniterm is a combination of two words, Unit&
Term
Unit stand for a single concept , therefore single
word representing single concept
It was developed by Mortimer Taube in 1953 as a
technique for having bibliographical control on
research reports of scientific project in the
collection of the U S Armed Service Information
Agency
Understood the analysis of compound word in to
the conceptual units.
8. ‘’Fruit box’’ in to uniterms ‘’ fruit’’ and ‘’
box’’
Readymade subject heading are not provided
by the indexer
Various components of a subject are
coordinated at the output stage depending
on the query of the user
In pre coordinate indexing, indexer pre-deter
by coordinate the mines the search
methodology subject component at input
stage
9. The subject content of the document is analysed
first and their individual concept are isolated
The concept are transmitted in to index terms
The indexing language consist of uniterm , thus
the index is known as uniterm index
The record of the index terms is generally
maintained in the card form
Each card is assigned a serial no; If may be a
special no. Which is identification number of the
document
Each card is divided in to 10 columns from 0 to 9
10. The identification serial no is posted on the
term card
The terminal digit of a number determines the
column of it’s posting
The card will have some space at the top unique
index terms are written
The term card are arranged alphabetically in the
tray just like catalogue card
When searching a particular subject term , the
user have to check specific cards from the
alphabetical arrangements . Then no posted on
the column are compared to find the common
accession no, the required subject and
documents are short from the document profile
11. Reduce the user’s effort of learning any
formalisms, including rules governing citation
order , to construct queries
Single words may be combined , which increases
recall
12. Sequencing is a problem if the user is unable to
make proper sequencing then he will be
misguided to anywhere and can’t find the
document
It is very time consuming for both library staff
and user
13. Flexibility
Facilitate automatic indexing
Easy to maintain
Allows infinite combination
Amenable to search mechanism outside of
OPAC’s
14. False coordination result in low precision
Lack of context in heading often hampers the
searcher’s ability to evaluate the relevancy and
usefulness of the retrieved items