Experiments in semantic classification

It is argued that a thesaurus, or semantic classification, may be required in the resolution of multiple meaning for machine translation and allied purposes. The problem of constructing a thesaurus is then considered; this involves a method for defining the meanings or uses of words, and a procedure for classifying them.

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Both a classified content and unstructured data view are valid and necessary. Organizational principles are the domain of librarians creating classifications and ontologies including the semantic web versus machine learning approaches to self-organize content. However, with large quantities of information, users are not just unwilling to classify, but are in fact unable to do it. Special skills are required to construct useful classifications. The first impulse we and others have felt is to just wish away the usefulness of metadata and hierarchies.

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