Re: Auto-suggest and the id.loc.gov LCSH web service

From: LeVan,Ralph <levan_at_nyob>
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 15:43:49 -0500
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
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> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf
Of
> Ed Summers
> Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 3:39 PM
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> What are you using for relevancy ranking in the VIAF AutoSuggester?

For VIAF, rankings are calculated based on the number of institutions
that have controlled that name and the amount of attention the
institutions have given to that name (e.g. size of their respective name
authority records).

Ralph
Received on Mon Dec 07 2009 - 15:45:37 EST