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describe the content of the text in question (i.e. the fact that it is about <Jules Barbey
d'Aurevilly>), the analyst first has to select the appropriate conceptual term - that is,
in our case, the term [Author] which forms part of the topical structure defining the
object or domain of knowledge, “authors of French literature of the 19 th Century”.
Figure8.2. Interfaceenablingtheselectionofaconceptualterm
In our case, the task of defining or adjusting the topical structure which the
analyst has to perform can be reduced to a simple technical action:
- the analyst presses the button to the right of the metalinguistic expression
[Author] (see Figure 8.1);
- a dialog box opens up (see Figure 8.2), inviting the analyst to specify whether
or not he is intending to analyze a knowledge object using the conceptual term in
question;
- the analyst then chooses the option True - a choice which expresses a
statement along the lines of Yes, it is true that I wish to analyze a knowledge object
whichisrepresentedbytheconceptualterm[Author] .
When the analyst selects and opens a form for thematic description, i.e.
description of the audiovisual content, the default value is False . A priori , one
assumes that no analysis using a conceptual term is envisaged. Thus, in order to
analyze a knowledge object using a conceptual term or an (adjusted) configuration
of a number of conceptual terms, the analyst has to expressly indicate his intention
to do so.
Going back to the example shown in Figure 8.1, let us stress that this is the
simplest example of a direct use of the topical structure: the analyst has only to
confirm his intention to analyze a knowledge object using one and only one
conceptual term. In our particular example, it is a question of the 19 th Century
French author Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly (1808-1889). This author's name forms part
of a specialized ASW micro-thesaurus* of authors' names, which the analyst uses
when working on the audiovisual texts belonging to the LHE archives.
We can plainly see that a concrete analysis using a form such as that shown in
Figure 8.1 is extremely simple and quick to carry out. Once the relevant passage in
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