Chapter 4. A Statistical Metadata Model for Symbolic Objects
- Edwin Diday2,
- Monique Noirhomme-Fraiture3
Published Online: 28 JAN 2008
DOI: 10.1002/9780470723562.ch4
Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Book Title
Symbolic Data Analysis and the SODAS Software
Additional Information
How to Cite
Papageorgiou, H. and Vardaki, M. (2008) A Statistical Metadata Model for Symbolic Objects, in Symbolic Data Analysis and the SODAS Software (eds E. Diday and M. Noirhomme-Fraiture), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470723562.ch4
Editor Information
- 2
Université Paris IX-Dauphine, LISE-CEREMADE, Place du Marechal de Lattre de Tassigny, Paris Cedex 16, France F-75775
- 3
Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Faculté d'Informatique, Rue Grandgagnage, 21, Namur, Belgium, B-5000
Publication History
- Published Online: 28 JAN 2008
- Published Print: 18 JAN 2007
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9780470018835
Online ISBN: 9780470723562
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- statistical metadata model;
- symbolic objects (SOs) and symbolic data tables (SDTs) creation;
- symbolic data analysis methods implementation;
- database management system (DBMS);
- primary or secondary data analysis;
- free-text sentences and free-text notes;
- symbolic data analysis procedures;
- ambiguity and missing metainformation problems;
- full-text search engines and thesaurus-based engines;
- symbolic data/symbolic variable
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
Introduction
Metadata, templates and statistical metadata models
General requirements for the development of the metadata model
Selection of modelling technique
Step-by-step development of the model
Metadata representation
Case study
Suggestions and conclusions
References