An organized structure for vocabulary control

This paper examined the concept of controlled vocabulary, it gave the definition and discussed the major concerns in establishing a controlled vocabulary, the types of controlled vocabulary. The principles of creating vocabulary control, principles for applying controlled vocabulary, controlled vocabulary standards, mechanics of vocabulary control, the merits and demerits of vocabulary control, and vocabulary control challenges and their solutions, and other vocabulary control challenges. The paper concluded with the following statement; vocabulary control leads both the indexer and user to the same point in the system. Where necessary it defines ambiguous terms and lastly through cross reference it allows horizontal and vertical relationships among terms.