Reference Thesauri Thesaurus Construction

ANSI/NISO Z39.19 Monolingual Thesaurus Creation Standard
Download site for Z39.19 thesaurus creation standard, which is enumerative and monolingual in nature.

Large-Scale Controlled Vocabulary Indexing for Named Entities
Paper discussing the implementation of a named entity thesaurus by Lexis-Nexis. [PDF Format]

Thesaurus Principles and Practice
Discusses the basics of thesaurus construction and management. From Willpower Information Management Consultants.

Zthes: a Z39.50 Profile for Thesaurus Navigation
Describes an abstract model for representing and searching thesauri, specifying how the model may be implemented. Uses of Z39.50 protocol and XML DTD for thesauri are described.