U.S. Geological Survey

Indexing is not labeling

Artificial example:
Label: Fish in Green Lake
Index terms: fish, lakes, lake fish, Green Lake
Example from USGS web:
http://toxics.usgs.gov/topics/attenuation.html
Labels:
  Toxics Program Projects on Natural Attenuation
    science programs
      and
    contamination and pollution
      and
    biodegradation
      and
    contaminant transport
      and
    geochemical processes
  Headlines
    news services
  Natural Attenuation Remediation Related Activities
    contamination and pollution
      and
    remediation
  Fact Sheets
    reports
  Bibliographies
    bibliographies


Organizing USGS information with consistent vocabulary
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Maintained by Peter Schweitzer
Last updated 24-Feb-2004