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the “Field of definition” reserved precisely for selecting the appropriate schema or
schemas for the structural and functional specificity of a sequence (functionally
specialized either in the referential description of a topic, in the description of the
discourse production from a topic, the description of the verbal and audiovisual
expression of a topic, etc.).
Every schema of definition which is selected or merely selectable to furnish
specifications about a sequence is itself part of a
library of conceptual schemas
of
the universe of discourse of the CCA archives. This library defines generic micro-
configurations either of
objectsofanalysis*
or of
activitiesofanalysis*
.
A schema of definition in itself is characterized either by a conceptual term or by
a combination of two or more
conceptual terms
and/or one or more
referents
. As we
know, the conceptual terms are part of the
meta-lexicon of conceptual terms
representing the ASW domain of expertise. In Part Four of this topic, we shall take a
closer look at the rather complex organization of a model of description in the form
of sequences, schemas, conceptual terms and referents.
5.5. Alternative functional architectures to define sequences of referential
description
That said, formatting an interactive form as per the model shown in Figure 5.3
represents an important conceptual choice.
Indeed, using such a form obliges the analyst to describe the topical structure
step-by-step
, in an analytical manner - specifying each conceptual term which
makes it up, one-by-one. As our example with the extract from the content analysis
form (Chapter 3, Figure 3.2) shows, the analyst first describes freely, in the
first
sub-
sequence, the conceptual term [Civilization], indexing it with the expression
<Chavín civilization>; then, in the
second
sub-sequence, he describes the conceptual
term [Cultural construct] in a controlled manner, using a specialized thesaurus.
Figure 5.5, on the other hand, shows the functional architecture of an
alternative
model
to the one whose interface is shown in Figure 3.2. While it keeps the global
sequence (reserved for the referential description of an audiovisual text) distinct, the
architecture shown in Figure 5.5 reserves:
- the
first sub-sequence
for the analyst to
select
the appropriate conceptual
term(s) to define the subject or topic he is attempting to describe in the audiovisual
text that he is analyzing; and
- the
second sub-sequence
for the
procedures of description
(free and/or
controlled)
perse
of the configuration of conceptual terms selected.
