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this standardized vocabulary if a type of activities is not covered in the vocabulary
offered by the LOMFR.
Figure10.3.
Theprocedureofcontrolleddescription,carriedoutusingaLOMFRthesaurus
Without wishing to go into greater detail here about the possibility of working
with one, two or several micro-thesauruses in a procedure of controlled description,
let us stress that this possibility offered to the analyst takes account of the fact that
every axis or dimension of the content (the meaning) of a conceptual term is
necessarily
indexical
in nature. In other words, generally, we have to take account of
the fact that the
specificmeaning
of a conceptual term (a configuration of conceptual
terms), its
facet
is formed (and stabilized) in relation to:
‒
the
specificity of the object
to which the conceptual term (or configuration of
conceptual terms) in question refers;
‒
the
skill
(or the
culture
, the
knowledge
) and the
expectations
of the actors who
use the conceptual term (or configuration of conceptual terms);
‒
and finally, the
contexts
in which the conceptual term or configuration of
conceptual terms will be used and employed.
This triple relation intrinsically characterizes the specific meaning of a
conceptual term or configuration thereof. It is largely responsible for the so-called
contextual variations of the meaning of a term (or configuration of conceptual
terms), i.e. the fact that the same conceptual term can be understood, interpreted and
