controlled vocabulary

English

Noun

controlled vocabulary (plural controlled vocabularies)

(information science) A carefully selected set of terms – words and phrases – such that each concept from the domain of discourse is described using only one term in the set and each term in the set describes only one concept.

Usage notes

A member of the set is called an authorized term, or in the context of an index an index term.

Translations

carefully selected set of terms

Chinese:
Mandarin: 受控詞表／受控词表 (shòukòng cíbiǎo)
Czech: řízený slovník m
Finnish: kontrolloitu sanasto
Tagalog: supil na sansalitaan

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