Stopword List

A Stopword List is a set of stopwords.

• AKA: Stop List, Stopword File.
• Context:
  • It can (typically but not necessarily) be a superset of a Function Word List.
• Example(s):
  • http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E17952_01/refman-5.5-en/fulltext-stopwords.html
  • http://www.textfixer.com/resources/common-english-words.txt
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Content Word List, such as a terminology.
  • a Function Word List.
  • a Transition Word List, such as http://jc-schools.net/write/transition.htm
  • a Common Word List.
• See: Lexical Similarity.

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References

2005

• (ANSI Z39.19, 2005) ⇒ ANSI. (2005). “ANSI/NISO Z39.19 - Guidelines for the Construction, Format, and Management of Monolingual Controlled Vocabularies." ANSI.
  • QUOTE: stop list: A list of words considered to be of no value for retrieval. It consists primarily of function words — articles, conjunctions, and prepositions — but may also include words that occur very frequently in the literature of a domain.

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