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corresponds to the circumscription of the place, the region which is truly meaningful
for locating the knowledge object thematized. Let us note in passing that the same
functional distinction between
two
(or else between
several
)
levels
of location is also
to be found in the context of administrative location of a knowledge object.
Figure6.5.
ExtractfromtheASWmicro-thesaurus“Regionsoftheworld”(OntoEditorview)
As part of our research, we have been able to identify and compile into a
micro-
thesaurus
a whole series of physical expanses which can play the role of “macro-
locators”, or more circumscribed physical locations for the knowledge objects
thematized in the audiovisual corpora which, as has already been discussed many
times, stem from the collection compiled by our ARA (Audiovisual Research
Archives) program
6
. This includes continents, the major regions by continent, water
courses, oceans, seas, mountain ranges, large plains, large forests, deserts, etc.
Figure 6.5 shows an extract. Alongside this “worldwide” micro-thesaurus, we have
also defined a series of micro-thesauruses of large physical expanses by continent
and/or “part of the world”. As Figure 6.3 shows, for describing the macro-location
of the knowledge object
Chavíntechnicalculture
, we used the
ASWmicro-thesaurus
of physical expanses on the American continent
. Certain physical expanses are to be
found in both micro-thesauruses (in particular, this is the case of the <Andean
Cordillera>, the <Caribbean region> or indeed the <Atacama> desert). This merely
shows that an expression (usually nominal) belonging to the ASW thesaurus may be
characterized by several
facets* (of meaning)
and therefore belong to several
micro-
thesauruses
(a micro-thesaurus representing a particular
facetofmeaning
).
6 See http://www.archivesaudiovisuelles.fr/FR.
