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Versions of the APAIS
thesaurus
Versions
of the APAIS thesaurus available in electronic form and their release dates
are:
Version
1.0 March 2001 Version 1.1 October 2001 Version 1.2 Novermber 2001
Version 2.0 May 2002 Version 2.1 April 2004
Version 2.2 March 2005
Version 2.3 December 2008
Changes
made between versions are documented below.
Version 1.0 to 1.1
TermId
R1061 (Broadcasting) changed to R1920 to fix data error.
Version 1.1 to 1.2
Related
term data error fixed.
Version 1.2 to 2.0
The
following new descriptors have been created:
Aged
abuse Assets Biodiversity Carers Digital divide Digital
technology Digital television Employment law Financial services
Genetically modified foods Industry deregulation Information
economy Infrastructure Mandatory detention Mutual obligation
Social capital Stolen generations
Reference
structures for various terms have been changed to improve hierarchical
relationships. Terms in this category include:
Charities UF's added - Benevolent societies and Charitable
organisations BT now is Organisations not Social welfare
Corporate
planning UF's added - Planning, Strategic and Strategic planning
Endangered species RT added - Animals
Refugees UF's added - Asylum seekers and Boat people BT now is
Migrants RT's added - Smuggling, Immigration and Mandatory
detention
Smuggling UF added - Trafficking RT added -
Refugees
Version 2.0 to 2.1
The
following new descriptors have been created:
Bullying Commercialisation Corporate
culture Electronic publishing Email Genocide Nonprofit
organisations Recycling Renewable energy Wind energy
UF
references have been added from the following terms:
Health
promotion Knowledge society Mobile phones New media People
smuggling Philanthropy
The
hierarchical structure has been amended for the following terms:
Publishing is now a NT of
Communications Solar energy is now a NT of Renewable energy, which in turn
is a NT of Energy resources North America has been added as a
region.
Version 2.1 to 2.2
Main term
minor changes:
Airconditioning (one word instead of
two) ANZUS Treaty (capitalisation) Computer-assisted instruction (hyphen
added) In-service training (hyphen added) Part-time employment (hyphen
added) Radio programs (formerly programmes) Single-parent families
(hyphen added) Television programs (formerly programmes) White-collar
crime (hyphen added)
Reference
changes:
Counterintelligence (now one
word) Computer-aided design Counter-culture Ex-servicemen
Ill-treated children Non-book materials Old-age pensions
Self-esteem Self-government (hyphens added)
Hierarchical changes:
Domestic
violence added as RT under Bullying Employment added as BT to Part-time
employment RT link between Culture and Ethnomusicology removed NT for
Aged care under Carers changed to RT Land tenure added as RT under
Conveyancing Business added as RT under E-commerce Internet added as RT
under Electronic publishing BT/NT link between International law and
Maritime law deleted
Version 2.2 to 2.3
New main terms:
Age discrimination
Age factors
Allied health services
Animal welfare
Australian states and territories
Australians overseas
Australia-overseas comparisons
Biofuels
Biomass energy
Business innovation
Cases (Law)
Communications policy
Computer games
Cultural studies
Demographic factors
Depression (Psychological)
Developed countries
Digital radio
Dispute resolution
Drugs (Pharmaceuticals)
Educational factors
Electric vehicles
Elites
Foreign workers
Generational groups
Geothermal energy
Greenhouse gas emissions permits
Greenhouse gas emissions trading
Greenhouse gas offsets
Greenhouse gas sequestration
Greenhouse gas taxes
Greenhouse gas treaties
High income earners
HIV/AIDS
Human body
Hydrogen energy
Intelligence (Psychology)
Interstate comparisons
Lifestyles
Low income earners
Mental health services
Middle aged
Murray-Darling River system
National security
Obesity
Occupational factors
OECD countries
Organisational culture
Philanthropy
Political activism
Population ageing
Property development
Public opinion
Restorative justice
Risk management
Sailors
Screenwriters
Sex factors
Shareholders
Social exclusion
Socioeconomic factors
Solar photovoltaic energy
Solar thermal energy
Terminology
Think tanks
Water conservation
Water consumption
Water rights
Water supply
Water trading
Changes to existing terms and reference structure:
AIDS changed to HIV/AIDS
Corporate culture changed to Organisational culture
Drugs changed to Drugs (Pharmaceuticals)
Environmental policy - used as subdivision under regions, etc.
Grievance procedures changed to Dispute resolution
Groups - narrower terms added
Intelligence changed to Intelligence (Psychology)
Paramedical care changed to Allied health services
Seamen changed to Sailors
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