We have been using NUD*IST 4 for a research
project and encounter now a problem concering the IndexSystem in NUD*IST. After
creating a number of Free Nodes which are very close to the text material we now
try to form more abstract categories that emerge out of the Free Nodes.
NUD*IST's IndexSystem requires nodes first to be
attached to the root. This first-level-nodes may then have children and grand
chidren. Our strategy, however, starts from a number of children (Free Nodes)
that are to become parents on a more and more abstract level. So, we are looking
for key categories on a rather theoretical level. Since we want to achive this
while working with the IndexSystem we cannot at first create nodes close to the
root. The top of the pyramid should finally represent the result of our
integration process but not the beginning.
Is there a feature in NUD*IST to create a Parent
Node out of two (base) nodes? And can this new Parent Node later have a
Grand parent node together with another node?
Thanks in advance!
Andreas Bernt-Baertl
Frankfurt
University