Unstructured, uncoded representation of information in text format; for example, sentences describing the results of a patient's physical examination.
This term refers to searching anywhere in a document without specifying a specific field such as title, author, subject or publisher.
Data which is entered into a field without any formal or pre-defined strucure other than the normal use of grammar and punctuation.
In contradistinction to a controlled vocabulary, free text has no structured set of words, such that two related entries might not be identified in a search because different words are used to describe each entry.
Antonym of controlled vocabulary. Natural language terms appearing in contetn objects, which may complment terms in an information storage and retrieval system. In free text searching, terms may also be retrieved. Compare keyword. (from the Z39.19 NISO standard)
The text in an input file that remains if one were to remove macro definitions and directives.
A type of text item called to label various items in your KB. Free text lets you label your KB informatively and attractively.
Free text is a term used in advertising CDMA mobile SMS services, allowing a web user to send a free SMS message to a CDMA mobile subscriber.
A term usually given to a field in a reply, which is written by the respondent and can consist of anything i.e. it is not a choice.
Usually describes a method of searching a database using Natural Language rather than a Controlled Vocabulary. The person searching would search as many terms as she/he could think of that would be related to the topic of interest. The computer would search all Fields, or designated fields. Return to Page Contents
A body of text which can't be assumed to include any regular structure beyond words separated by delimiters (spaces, punctuation, etc.); uncontrolled. Not the same as full text.