Glossary about Controlled Vocabularies tematres thesaurus, thesauri, information retrieval, controlled vocabularies, glossary, definitions, structured vocabularies, facets, faceted classification 1998-12-31 2011-12-13 10:39:06 en exhaustivity In the context of cataloging and indexing, the degree of depth and breadth that the cataloger uses in assigning indexing terms or writing a description. Measures of greater exhaustivity include the use of a greater number of optional fields and the assignment of a greater number of indexing terms for each field. 2011-08-16 23:06:51