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NASA Thesaurus

“The NASA Thesaurus contains the authorized subject terms by which the documents in the NASA Aeronautics and Space Database are indexed and retrieved. The scope of this controlled vocabulary includes not only aerospace engineering, but all supporting areas of engineering and physics, the natural space sciences (astronomy, astrophysics, and planetary science), Earth science, and to some extent, the biological sciences.”
General information
Vocabulary type: 
thes
Current version date: 
Sun, 2012-01-01
Vocabulary Sample URL: 

http://www.sti.nasa.gov/thesvol1.pdf (thesaurus vol.1 PDF, sample on page 11)

Was vocabulary created as a course project: 
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Vocabulary characteristics
Type of terms: 

Concepts in aeronautics and in aerospace science and technology

Relationship types: 
eq_pri_eq
hier_bn
rel_t
Terms and Conditions
Availability Comments: 

CD-ROM: $187. Single issue of the NASA Thesaurus Term List Data File for Site Usage: $209. Single issue of the NASA Thesaurus Hierarchical Listing Data File for Site Usage: $495

Provider
Vocabulary provider name: 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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