vocabulary, controlled

Preferred Label : vocabulary, controlled;

MeSH definition : A specified list of terms with a fixed and unalterable meaning, and from which a selection is made when CATALOGING; ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING; or searching BOOKS; JOURNALS AS TOPIC; and other documents. The control is intended to avoid the scattering of related subjects under different headings (SUBJECT HEADINGS). The list may be altered or extended only by the publisher or issuing agency. (From Harrod's Librarians' Glossary, 7th ed, p163);

MeSH synonym : controlled vocabularies; controlled vocabulary; vocabularies, controlled;

MeSH hyponym : thesaurus; controlled thesaurus; Thesauri; Controlled Thesauri; Thesauri, Controlled; Thesaurus, Controlled;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thesaurus;

Details

Origin ID

D018875;

UMLS CUI

C0282503;

Allowable qualifiers
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Terminological control [UNESCO concept]
- Thesauri [UNESCO concept]
- Thesaurus [NCIt concept]
- Vocabulary, Controlled [DeCS]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Controlled Vocabulary [NCIt concept]
- taxonomy [Q-code]
Record concept(s)
- controlled thesaurus [MeSH concept]
- thesaurus [MeSH concept]
- vocabulary, controlled [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- subject headings [MeSH Descriptor]
- vocabulary [MeSH Descriptor]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- NCI Thesaurus [NCIt concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Intellectual Product [UMLS semantic type]

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