afín
allied ; associated ; contributory ; kindred ; related ; concomitant ; attendant ; like-minded ; cognate ; linked ; coterminous [co-terminous] ; germane ; twin.
In the light of the information explosion, no researcher can now realistically expect to keep pace with developments in his own field, let alone those in allied fields = In the light of the information explosion, no researcher can now realistically expect to keep pace with developments in his own field, let alone those in allied fields.
This list makes recommendations about the use of references for the display of relationships in a catalogue, index or data base, in order to guide users between connected or associated terms.
It directly or indirectly incorporated or paralleled several prevailing objectives and concepts of the communication and behavioral sciences and other contributory disciplines.
The indexer must evaluate whether the index user will profit if a distinction is made between two kindred terms.
Similar and closely related subjects are likely to be scattered under different keywords.
If we require specificity, we have at the same time to accept the concomitant complexity of headings and the occurrence of grouping.
If anything, it interposes an additional link in the communication chain, with its attendant 'interface' problems.
Directories of organizations and human resources are an excellent means of knowing who is doing what and where and assist in the networking among like-minded institutions.
We need to determine the interrelationships of disciplines that are now regarded as cognate to or complementary with information science.
Each linked document also has its own links, creating a 'web' of information through which the searcher can move.
Sample articles were chosen for subjects coterminous with each other for 1950, 60 and 70.
The bibliography lists documents expressly recommended to the researchers in this area and documents of interest which are not specifically germane.
These twin objectives are, in practice, not possible to achieve simultaneously.
afín a
allied to/with
Closely allied with structural policy are a number of measures concerning agricultural research and veterinary matters.
afín (a)
closely related (to)
The underlying fundamentals of abstracting are closely related to indexing.
campo afín
twin field
Instead, the author has attempted to present a readable account of some of the key practices in the twin fields of abstracting and indexing.
conjunto de cosas afines, el [Sentido peyorativo Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo]
whole schmier, the
And what I'm trying to suggest is that there's something shameful about a profession that has allowed this kind of blatant and rank ethnocentrism, racism, chauvinism, the whole schmier, to persist this long.
derechos afines
neighbouring rights
This article discusses the current situation regarding the work of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in order to update the international regime of copyright and neighbouring rights.
elemento afín [En el almacenamiento o recuperación de información, documento o término que se aproxima a otro en su contenido o significado]
nearest neighbour
Searches of the clustered document files resulting from the use of these four methods are noticeably less effective than searches of the unclustered document collections and of a simpler type of clustered file based on pairs of nearest neighbours.
grupo temáticamente afín
subject-related group
A more systematic approach involves assessing terms and their relationships in subject-related groups.
relación afín
affinitive relationship
Affinitive relationships that exist between terms are not necessarily connected to one another in any fixed hierarchical manner.
tecnología afín
associated technology
The author examines virtual reality and its associated technology and a new form of online catalogue.
