1. Analyzing SI 16384-39904 and ALEPH Synonyms Svetlana Smirnov

2. 2 In UOG01, we have a synonym dictionary. However, when a search is done in the OPAC, it does not seem that the dictionary is being used. For example the following words are in the dictionary, but retrieve different numbers of hits from a simple search on the OPAC: Behavior 453 hits [production] Behaviour 1440 hits [production] We have entered a couple of new terms in the dictionary in the past few months and these do seem to work ; organisationa/organizational. SI 16384-39904 - description

3. 3 American and British English spelling differences catalog - catalogue behavior - behaviour color - colour Synonyms infant – babe – baby – bambino – bantling – child – kid – neonate – newborn – toddler ALEPH Synonyms - When to use?

4. 4 ALEPH Synonym is an optional build in mechanism of word indexing. Enrichment of search results. Transparent for end user. ALEPH Synonyms – Why to use?

5. 5 It is like to use between words BOOLEAN operator OR: synonym1 OR synonym2 OR synonym…n ALEPH Synonyms – How it works?

6. 6 Search words “theatre” “theater” Examples on USM01

7. 7 Combine search by Boolean operator OR “theater” OR “theatre” Examples on USM01

8. 8 UTIL B

9. 9 UTIL B – Add synonyms Util B updates WORD index

10. 10 Search for any synonym in the Web Examples on USM01 Number of results is the same

11. 11 Look in UTIL F/4 Z970 Check how it looks in a word files

12. 12 Look in UTIL F/4 Z97 Check how it looks in a word files Sequence number is the same

13. 13 Synonym in Hebrew

14. 14 Let look on a customer server on word dictionary Check z97 and z970 on a customer server 01 z970 \ 02 z970_rec_key \ 03 comm_word....behavior 02 z970_word......behavior new key = K, exit = Q, continue = RETURN 01 z970 \ 02 z970_rec_key \ 03 comm_word....behavior 02 z970_word......behaviour new key = K, exit = Q, continue = RETURN Z97 -behavior -000601551-000601551 -behaviour -000601555-000601555 Problem is in z97-seq- number Synonyms are not linked in z97

15. Thank You! Svetlana.Smirnov@exlibrisgroup.com