title: Automatic indexing of abstracts via natural-language processing using a simple thesaurus.
abstract: The authors describe CLARIT processing as an approach to automatic indexing. They also explore two elements of the indexing process, identifying concepts in text and selecting concepts to reflect the perspective of a domain.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Computational Linguistics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Hersh
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Monarch
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Lefferts
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Handerson
mesh_terms: D000043:Abstracting and Indexing / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D001330:Electronic Data Processing / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008037:Linguistics; D009323:Natural Language Processing; D013358:Subject Headings