Casey: Changed "usual" to "usually" under OCLC Institution Code

2016-07-08T19:19:12Z

Changed "usual" to "usually" under OCLC Institution Code

WikiSysop: New page: ==Terminology… O== ===Obsolete forms=== Also known as obsolete subdivisions, an obsolete form or subdivision is a subdivision no longer used by current MARC21 standards. ''' '''An examp...

2008-10-13T19:23:19Z

New page: ==Terminology… O== ===Obsolete forms=== Also known as obsolete subdivisions, an obsolete form or subdivision is a subdivision no longer used by current MARC21 standards. ''' '''An examp...

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==Terminology… O==

===Obsolete forms===
Also known as obsolete subdivisions, an obsolete form or subdivision is a subdivision no longer used by current MARC21 standards. ''' '''An example of''' '''an obsolete form would be the topical heading Nurses and nursing. This heading is no longer used and is replace by two distinct topical headings, 650 0$a Nurses and 650 0$aNursing. (mpg)

===OCLC Institution Code===
Participating libraries using the OCLC Union Catalog are issued an coded Symbol unique to their library. The symbol is usual a three to five digit code represented by letters and other characters. (ac)

===Ontology===
In both [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_science computer science] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_science information science], an '''ontology''' is a formal representation of a set of concepts within a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_of_discourse domain] and the relationships between those concepts. It is used to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reasoning reason] about the properties of that domain, and may be used to define the domain. Ontologies are used in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence artificial intelligence], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_Web Semantic Web], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_engineering software engineering], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomedical_informatics biomedical informatics], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_science library science], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_architecture information architecture] as a form of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_representation knowledge representation] about the world or some part of it. Common components of ontologies include: Most ontologies describe individuals (instances), classes (concepts), attributes, and relations. (wp)

===OPAC===
An '''Online Public Access Catalog''' or '''OPAC''' (aka '''iPAC''' for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet Internet]/[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intranet Intranet] Public Access Catalogue) is a computerized online [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_catalog catalog] of the materials held in a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library library], or library system. The library staff and the public can usually access it at computers within the library, or from home. OPAC terminals began to replace [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Card_catalog card catalogs] in many libraries in the 1980s. Since the mid-1990s, these systems have increasingly migrated to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web Web]-based interfaces. OPACs are often part of an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_library_system integrated library system]. (wp)

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 ===OCLC Institution Code===
-Participating libraries using the OCLC Union Catalog are issued an coded Symbol unique to their library.  The symbol is usual a three to five digit code represented by letters and other characters. (ac)
+Participating libraries using the OCLC Union Catalog are issued an coded Symbol unique to their library.  The symbol is usually a three to five digit code represented by letters and other characters. (ac)
 ===Ontology===

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Casey: Changed "usual" to "usually" under OCLC Institution Code

WikiSysop: New page: ==Terminology… O== ===Obsolete forms=== Also known as obsolete subdivisions, an obsolete form or subdivision is a subdivision no longer used by current MARC21 standards. ''' '''An examp...