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Title: Geopressured geothermal bibliography. Volume II (geopressure thesaurus). Second Edition

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5284633· OSTI ID:5284633

This thesaurus of terminology associated with the geopressured geothermal energy field has been developed as a part of the Geopressured Geothermal Information System data base. It is a compilation of terms displaying synomymous, hierarchical, and other relationships between terms. These terms, which are called descriptors, constitute the special language of the information retrieval system - the system vocabulary. The function of this thesaurus is to provide a standardized vocabulary for the information storage and retrieval system to facilitate both the indexing and subject-searching processes. In indexing, a thesaurus is used to translate the natural language of the document to be indexed into the standardized system vocabulary and to place the document at the appropriate level of generality or specificity in relation to the other documents in the data base. In subject retrieval, the thesaurus is used to match the natural language used in search requests with the system vocabulary and to find the most appropriate term to represent a concept.

Research Organization:
Texas Univ., Austin (USA). Center for Energy Studies
DOE Contract Number:
AC08-79ET27112
OSTI ID:
5284633
Report Number(s):
DOE/ET/27112-5-Vol.2; ON: DE84002533
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English