Managing Types of Links
The Link Types screen of the Thesaurus Maintenance screen lists the ways in which thesaurus terms are related – Link types.
The link types listed in the following table are defined, by default.
Relationship | Description | Example |
BT/NT | broader term/narrower term |
Granny Smith BT apple Apple NT Granny Smith |
BTG/NTG | broader term generic/narrower term generic |
Mouse BTG rodent Rodent NTG mouse |
BTI/NTI | broader term instance/narrower term instance |
Sydney BTI cities Cities NTI Sydney |
BTP/NTP | broader term partitive/narrower term partitive |
Sydney BTP Australia Australia NTP Sydney |
RT | related terms |
Barley RT wheat |
UF/USE | used for/use instead of |
Dress USE frock Frock UF dress (where frock is the preferred term) |
Use the Link Types screen to define additional types of links to describe how terms are related.
For example, you can define a historic term (for example, Siam) and current term (for example, Thailand) as a UF/USE link type.