BS ISO 999:1996
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Information and documentation. Guidelines for the content, organization and presentation of indexes
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06-30-2009
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1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions
4 Function of an index
5 Types of index
5.1 Subject indexes
5.2 Author indexes
5.3 Name indexes
5.4 Geographic indexes
5.5 Title indexes
5.6 Number and code indexes
6 Quality control
6.1 Quality of indexes
6.2 Length and detail of indexes
6.3 Consistency in indexing
6.4 Relations between the indexer and author/
publisher/user
7 Content and general organization
7.1 General content and construction
7.2 Concepts: representation in headings and
subheadings
7.3 Proper names and titles of documents: choice
and form of headings
7.4 Locators
7.5 Cross-references
8 Arrangement of entries in indexes
8.1 Basic order of filing characters
8.2 Word-by-word versus letter-by-letter
alphabetization
8.3 Alphanumeric arrangement
8.4 Filing index headings
8.5 Index headings beginning with the same term
8.6 Filing subheadings
8.7 Filing entries which include cross-references
9 Presentation of printed indexes
9.1 Preparation of index copy for final processing
9.2 Introductory note
9.3 Presentation of published index
9.4 Search aids
9.5 Set-out (indented) style versus run-on
(paragraph) style for layout
Annex
A Bibliography
Index
Gives guideline for the content, organization and presentation of indexes.
| Committee |
IDT/2/18
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes BS 3700(1988) and 93/620558 DC. (01/2003)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
54
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Current
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| Supersedes |
| Standards | Relationship |
| ISO 999:1996 | Identical |
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| ISO 2788:1986 | Documentation — Guidelines for the establishment and development of monolingual thesauri |
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| ISO 5127-3A:1981 | Information and documentation — Vocabulary — Section 3a): Acquisition, identification, and analysis of documents and data |
| ISO 7154:1983 | Documentation Bibliographic filing principles |
| ISO/IEC 646:1991 | Information technology ISO 7-bit coded character set for information interchange |
| ISO 3602:1989 | Documentation — Romanization of Japanese (kana script) |
| ISO 843:1997 | Information and documentation Conversion of Greek characters into Latin characters |
| ISO 5964:1985 | Documentation Guidelines for the establishment and development of multilingual thesauri |
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| ISO 233:1984 | Documentation — Transliteration of Arabic characters into Latin characters |
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