YSA is a general thesaurus in Finnish which covers all fields of research and knowledge, which contains the most common terms and geographical names used in content description. YSA is a tool for providing index terms for printed and electronic materials as well as subject-based information retrieval. The thesaurus works as a shared language between information depositaries and searchers, which improves the ease of finding information.
- Content type
- Controlled vocabulary (thesaurus)
- Data status
- Primary source
- Size
Ca 33 000 concepts
- Update frequency
- Frozen since 2019, replaced by YSO and YSO Places.
- Relationships
Linked to Allärs, YSO and YSO places.
- External information
YSA - General Finnish Thesaurus description on National Library of Finland web site
- Star rating
★★★★☆