TERMIndexing Source: UNESCO Also used for: Concept analysis, Subject indexing In: Documentary analysis
Assignment of index terms to documents or objects with the aim to be able later on to retrieve the documents or objects according to the selected concepts designated by the index terms (essentially, descriptors).
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indexing - Capitalised word:
Indexing
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