Indexing

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• Indexing (which is sometimes interchanged with the term “coding”) refers to the information that is added to an image to allow it to be found after it is scanned. Objective indexing or coding is one of two types of indexes used in imaging. A template, something like an index card, is attached to the image in the computer and pertinent information is typed into the template, tagging the document for retrieval purposes. Author of the document, box number, date, subject and type of document are all common index fields.^[1]

• Universal term for coding and data entry.^[2]

See also

• Bibliographic coding
• Coding
• Issue code
• Issue coding
• Level coding
• Objective coding
• Subjective coding
• Taxonomic coding
• Verbatim coding

Footnotes

1. ^  RSI, Glossary.
2. ^  American Document Management, Glossary of Terms, http://www.amdoc.com/glossary.shtml.