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35 In order to look at the TRT's future, the research team identified five potential use cases or scenarios that describe a range of options for the future of the TRT. These five use cases take the reader from the improvements that can be made in the current context (Use Case 0)
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36 the transportation research thesaurus: Capabilities and enhancements The aim of Use Case 0 is to expand the management capabilities to support the TRT team and to make adjustments to terms to improve search and usability. Some enhancements could be made to TRT content without disturbing TRID.
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Future Strategies 37 enhancement would help to alleviate the manual labor that local organizations are using to work with all or parts of the TRT. A translation map from the current TRT database scheme to an ISO-compliant scheme must be developed to support this enhancement.
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38 the transportation research thesaurus: Capabilities and enhancements Use Case 1: New ISO-Compliant Master Version of the TRT In Use Case 1, the TRT would be transformed into an ISO-compliant thesaurus (see Figure 4-3)
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Future Strategies 39 The hierarchical enumeration scheme and codes would be retained as controlled fields in the new master version to ensure continued support for TRID browse and navigation structures. The current facets would be redefined using a numerical encoding scheme that allows for expansion.
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40 the transportation research thesaurus: Capabilities and enhancements Use Case 2: Enhanced TRT Local and Global Discovery Tools Use Case 2 presumes that the developments highlighted in Use Case 1 have been completed. With a new ISO-compliant master version of the thesaurus, it would be possible to generate standard and customized exports of the content to support applications throughout the transportation community.
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Future Strategies 41 Benefits and Challenges The benefits of Use Case 2 extend beyond the immediate TRT management team to any organization, agency, or publisher who manages and supports access to transportation resources. Use Case 2 also presents a major opportunity to increase awareness of the importance of information management and knowledge organization systems across the field of transportation.
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42 the transportation research thesaurus: Capabilities and enhancements level. In most cases, the development costs and resources associated with developing semantic applications are significant.
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Future Strategies 43 would be fully enabled as a web service tool, and the full functionality of thesaurus management that is available to the TRT management team would now be available to stakeholders and consumers. Some possible new products and services that would be generated through Use Case 4 might include: • Custom transportation dictionaries that are constructed from thesaurus definitions and modeled around the EPA's MyGlossaries product; • Custom-developed "Term Lookup" and "Term Mouse Overs," which enable a reader to identify key terms in a document and automatically look those terms up in the TRT or a custom dictionary constructed from the TRT; • Use by web page developers to select terms, select a definition, and provide a hidden link to a page to improve the understandability of the pages for the non-expert public; • A "Did You Mean?
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44 the transportation research thesaurus: Capabilities and enhancements Resources and Tasks In Use Case 4, the main task for the thesaurus team would be to deploy the thesaurus management capabilities as an open data source. This use case would not only provide the content of the thesaurus, but the functionality for stakeholders and end users to do development from start to finish.
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