Measuring and Comparing Aggregation Inconsistency for Chinese Titles in Two Library Catalogues

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clément Arsenault
Keyword(s):  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Chinese Characters ◽  
Bibliographic Database ◽  
Library Of Congress ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Potential Source ◽  
Bibliographic Records ◽  
High Consistency ◽  
Vernacular Chinese

When recording titles in vernacular Chinese characters or in their Romanized form, either a monosyllabic pattern or a polysyllabic pattern can be followed. Previous research has shown that polysyllabic transcription helps reduce ambiguity and tends to increase precision in retrieval. As there are no clear cut rules as to how syllables should be aggregated into lexical units, polysyllabic entries are a potential source of inconsistency in a bibliographic database. The aim of this study is to investigate the inconsistencies in the aggregation of Chinese characters (i.e., syllables) into lexical words in the bibliographic records of two library catalogues. Over 5,000 records from the East Asian Library at Université de Montréal (CETASE) and 5,000 records from the Library of Congress (LC) were analysed and tested for aggregation consistency. Detailed analysis reveals fairly high consistency levels in both sets.Lors de l’enregistrement des titres en caractères chinois vernaculaires ou sous leur forme romanisée, un modèle monosyllabique ou polysyllabique peut être utilisé. Des recherches antérieures ont démontré que la transcription en polysyllabes atténue les ambiguïtés et tend à améliorer la précision lors du repérage. Puisqu’il n’existe aucune règle fermement établie sur la manière avec laquelle les syllabes doivent être agrégées en unités lexicales, la transcription polysyllabique est une source potentielle d’inconsistance dans les bases de données bibliographiques. Le but de cette étude est d’examiner l’inconsistance dans l’agrégation des caractères chinois (c’est-à-dire des syllabes) des mots lexicaux contenus dans les notices bibliographiques de deux catalogues de bibliothèques. Plus de 5 000 notices du Centre d’études de l’Asie de l’Est de l’Université de Montréal (CETASE) et 5 000 notices de la Library of Congress (LC) ont été analysées et la consistance de l’agrégation a été vérifiée. Une analyse détaillée révèle des niveaux de consistance élevés pour les deux ensembles. 

A study on East-Asian designations of 
pufferfish

2021 ◽  
pp. 251385022098006
Author(s):  
Hyun-suk Kwak
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Ming Dynasty ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Chinese Characters ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
China And Japan ◽  
Body Patterns ◽  
The Look ◽  
Chinese Term

In ancient Korea, pufferfish were called “복” or “복어,” whereas they have been called “hétún” (河豚) since the Ming dynasty in China, and were called “fugu” in ancient Japan. Since the introduction of the Chinese term “hétún” (河豚) into Korean and Japanese, pufferfish in Korea, China, and Japan have all been named “河豚.” Besides “하돈” (the Korean pronunciation of 河豚), pufferfish have been given various designations, such as the following: “후태” (鯸鮐) or “반어” (斑魚) based upon body patterns; “후이” (鯸鮧)” or “호이” (鰗鮧) by shape; and 
“기포어” (氣泡魚), “취두어” (吹肚魚), and “布久” by the look of its swollen belly. Other designations, such as “검돈” (黔魨), “작돈” (鵲魨), “활돈” (滑魨), “とらふぐ,” “からす,” and “ヒガンフグ,” were derived from pufferfish species, and designations like “진어” (嗔鱼) and “てっぽう” that originated from their habit also exist. As above, “복어” has various designations in each of the three countries, Korea, China, and Japan. These designations, composed of Chinese characters, influenced the others, and each country and ethnic group helped to form or transform new vocabularies. In particular, numerous terms concerning object designations in the forms of Chinese characters reveal hidden definitions of the ethnic groups and cultures in these designations. This study is focused on puffer designations in Korea, China, and Japan, how the puffer was named in each country from ancient through to modern times, and where the designations originated, and tries to determine the characteristics of each country’s puffer designations through investigation of the species and types of “pufferfish.”

On the State of Genre/Form Vocabulary: A Quantitative Analysis of LCGFT Data in WorldCat

2021 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Colin Bitter ◽  
Yuji Tosaka
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
The State ◽  
Bibliographic Databases ◽  
Moderate Increase ◽  
Large Set ◽  
Library Of Congress ◽  
Bibliographic Data ◽  
Innovative Solutions ◽  
Over Time

The purpose of this paper is to report on a quantitative analysis of the LCGFT vocabulary within a large set of MARC bibliographic data retrieved from the OCLC WorldCat database. The study aimed to provide a detailed analysis of the outcomes of the LCGFT project, which was launched by the Library of Congress (LC) in 2007. Findings point to a moderate increase in LCGFT use over time; however, the vocabulary has not been applied to the fullest extent possible in WorldCat. Further, adoption has been inconsistent between the various LCGFT disciplines. These and other findings discussed here suggest that retrospective application of the vocabulary using automated means should be investigated by catalogers and other technical services librarians. Indeed, as the data used for the analysis show somewhat uneven application of LCGFT, and with nearly half a billion records in WorldCat, it remains a certainty that much of LCGFT’s full potentials for genre/form access and retrieval will remain untapped until innovative solutions are introduced to further increase overall vocabulary usage in bibliographic databases.

scholarly journals Development of parser agents for bibliographic data retrieval

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Murari Kumar ◽  
Samir Farooqi ◽  
K. K. Chaturvedi ◽  
Chandan Kumar Deb ◽  
Pankaj Das
Keyword(s):  
Retrieval System ◽  
Data Retrieval ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
Bibliographic Database ◽  
Bibliographic Information ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Bibliographic Records ◽  
Bibliographic Data ◽  
Structured Information ◽  
The Web

Bibliographic data contains necessary information about literature to help users to recognize and retrieve that resource. These data are used quantitatively by a “Bibliometrician” for analysis and dissemination purpose but with the increasing rate of literature publication in open access journals such as Nucleic Acids Research (NAR), Springer, Oxford Journals etc., it has become difficult to retrieve structured bibliographic information in desired format. A digital bibliographic database contains necessary and structured information about published literature. Bibliographic records of different articles are scattered and resides on different web pages. This thesis presents the retrieval system for bibliographic data of NAR at a single place. For this purpose, parser agents have been developed which access the web pages of NAR and parse the scattered bibliographic data and finally store it into a local bibliographic database. Based on the bibliographic database, “three-tier architecture” has been utilized to display the bibliographic information in systematized format. Using this system, it would be possible to build the network between different authors and affiliations and also other analytical reports can be generated.

Growth of Literature on Aerodynamic Research: A Scientometrics Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-46
Author(s):  
Shynee Martin ◽  
V. Geetha ◽  
S. Ally Sornam ◽  
P. Jaeqiline Nirmala
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Data Extraction ◽  
Bibliographic Database ◽  
Statistical Tools ◽  
Relative Growth ◽  
Empirical Validity ◽  
Bibliographic Records ◽  
Scopus Database ◽  
Scientometric Study

The study deals with scientometric study on the Growth of Literature on Aerodynamic Research. The required data was collected from SCOPUS database for the period 2006 – 2015. It can be seen that nearly 41628 bibliographic records of contribution in field of Aerodynamic cover the period of 10 years. The researcher applied the search strings “(KEY (Aerodynamics) AND PUBYEAR > 2005 AND PUBYEAR < 2016)” that has used for the data extraction from the database downloaded the records based on the above strings. A total of 41628 records were downloaded and analyzed by using the Excel software with application as per the objectives of the study. This research study explores the growth rate and relative growth level during the study period. The study aims to analyze the thrust areas of research concentration on Aerodynamic research. It is analytical in nature with the suitable statistical tools applications in strengthening the empirical validity. The study based on Scopus bibliographic database has been used and searched using the word „„Aerodynamic” for the period 2006-2016 and extracted 41628 records with full bibliographical details such as Title, Authors, Source, Year, Country, Subject, Language and so on.

Variation in behavioural style during an attack latency test: a potential source of additional information about aggressiveness in young pigs

2000 ◽  
Vol 2000 ◽  
pp. 134-134
Author(s):  
H.E. Pickup ◽  
R.B. D'Eath
Keyword(s):  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Social Behaviour ◽  
Personal Observation ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Potential Source ◽  
Young Pigs ◽  
Attack Latency ◽  
Experimental Pigs ◽  
Modern Farming

Aggression seen on mixing of young pigs is a major welfare concern in modern farming. One solution may be to reduce the likelihood of aggression within a group by using combinations of individuals that facilitate rapid integration. This idea has been investigated by Mendl and Erhard (1997) using pigs with various levels of aggressiveness. An attack latency test was used to measure individual aggressiveness. Experimental pigs were placed in a familiar pen with an unfamiliar pig and the time taken to attack (i.e. attempt to fight) the intruder measured. In a substantial number of tests (e.g. 61% in the present study) no attack occurs in the time allowed (5 minutes) These pigs vary in their interactions with the intruder, ranging from no interest at all to persistent interest with isolated aggressive acts but no escalation to fighting (personal observation). The aim of this study was to investigate social behaviour throughout the test, thereby allowing a more detailed analysis of aggressiveness to be made.

Constitutional Convergence in East Asia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Po Jen Yap ◽  
Chien-Chih Lin
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Constitutional Law ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Constitutional Jurisprudence ◽  
Rights Issues

This comparative study of the constitutional jurisprudence of three East Asian jurisdictions investigates how the rulings of the Constitutional Court of Taiwan, the Constitutional Court of Korea and the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal have converged. The unique political contexts of all three jurisdictions have led to strong courts using the structured proportionality doctrine and innovative constitutional remedies to address human rights issues. Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea have the only courts in Asia that regularly use a structured four-stage Proportionality Analysis to invalidate laws, and routinely apply innovative constitutional remedies such as Suspension Orders and Remedial Interpretation to rectify constitutionally flawed legislation. This volume explores how judges in these areas are affected by politics within their different constitutional systems. The latest developments in Asian constitutional law are covered, with detailed analysis of key cases.

scholarly journals The Best Cataloger is a Frustrated Library User: Cataloging Failure and the Underutilization of Library Resources

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 22-27
Author(s):  
John W. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Library Of Congress ◽  
Bibliographic Records ◽  
Subject Headings ◽  
Library Resources ◽  
Call Number ◽  
Library User ◽  
Library Catalogs

This essay points out that inconsistencies in the assignment of subject headings and call number can lead to failure to retrieve relevant materials from our libraries. Today it is frequently asserted that bibliographic records cataloged by the Library of Congress or other approved libraries will not require review or editing in our local libraries. This paper provides clear, but by no means unique examples of “cataloging failure” and explains the implications of a policy to add unedited bibliographic records (from vendors such as OCLC) to our library catalogs. The result is the omission of otherwise relevant titles from fairly routine searches.

scholarly journals TONE TEACHING PLAN DESIGNED FOR INDONESIAN CHINESE BEGINNERS

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 84
Author(s):  
Haryono Candra
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Chinese Characters ◽  
Tone Sandhi ◽  
School Students ◽  
Tonal Language ◽  
Teaching Plan ◽  
And Training

Chinese is a tonal language, and Chinese tones can differentiate meanings of Chinese characters. In contrast, Indonesian is a language without tones, which explains why Indonesians have trouble acquiring tones when beginning to learn Chinese. Having recognized the importance of Chinese tones in teaching Indonesian beginners Chinese, we propose in this article a tone teaching plan designed for Indonesian Chinese beginners based on detailed analysis of previous research. The plan was tested at the Pahoa School in Tangerang District, Jakarta, Indonesia. The participants were 74 middle school students who had never learnt Chinese before. After the experiment, the questionnaires were used to collect data. It was found that this teaching plan was effective. In terms of mono-syllable adjustment, most students can make four tones of Chinese, especially rising tones and falling-rising tones; In terms of bisyllable tone sandhi, most students can master the law of tone change. However, this teaching plan also has some shortcomings. For example, the forms of tone teaching and training are not diversified; the design of the neutral tones teaching is not comprehensive enough; and the distribution of tone teaching items is uneven. These drawbacks can be further improved in future research.

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