SAP-Indexing
The term SAP-indexing is an abbreviation of Subject Access Project. The origin of the term is a project at Syracuse University in New York (Atherton, 1978).
SAP is a kind of
information retrieval language,
a form of indexing or document-representation in which bibliographical records
are enriched by terms selected from tables of contents and indexes from the
indexed books.
In Denmark have Poulsen (1987) and Wormell (1985) suggested the use of this kind
of indexing. However, if it should be successful, it should probably not be done by every
single library, but once and for all in
national bibliographies.
Technologies
such as Google scholar and
Amazon.com's "search inside this book" are today
competing technologies based on full text
representation. Also developments in adding TOC's to library record (cf.
content) represent a step towards fulfillment of the
goals inherent in SAP-indexing.
Literature:
Amazon.com. Search Inside!™. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/10197021/103-6278282-2267032
Atherton, P.
(1978). Books are for use. Final Report of the Subject Access
Project. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University, School of Information Studies.
Google Advanced Scholar Search. http://scholar.google.com/advanced_scholar_search
Poulsen, C.
(1987). Begrundelse for anvendelse af deltekstrepræsentation af
metalitteratur til emnesøgning. København: Danmarks pædagogiske Bibliotek.
(Paradoks-rapport nr. 1; Skrifter fra Danmarks pædagogiske Bibliotek nr. 6).
Wormell, I. (1985). Subject Access Project - SAP. Improved subject retrieval for monographic publications. Lund: Lunds University, Reprocentralen.
See also: Content; Partial text representation
Birger Hjørland
Last edited: 19-09-2006