- From: Stella Dextre Clarke <sdclarke@lukehouse.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 15:14:42 -0000
- To: <LIS-UKOLUG@JISCMAIL.AC.UK>, <LIS-CILIP@JISCMAIL.AC.UK>, <NKOS@dli2.nsf.gov>, <public-esw-thes@w3.org>
Work is under way to revise the British (and International) Standards for thesauri, with a view to interoperability in the era of networks and maybe even the Semantic Web. A new standard called BS 8723, "Structured vocabularies for information retrieval - Guide" is planned, to be in five parts, published separately. The Parts will be as follows: Part 1 - Definitions, symbols and abbreviations; Part 2 - Thesauri; Part 3 - Vocabularies other than thesauri; Part 4 - Interoperation between multiple vocabularies; Part 5 - Interoperation between vocabularies and other components of information storage and retrieval systems Drafts have now been issued by BSI for Parts 1 and 2, numbered 04/30086620 DC and 04/30094113 DC respectively. The documents may be ordered from BSI Customer Services (tel +44(0)208-996-9001 or email orders@bsi-global.com). BSI will make a charge in the order of 10 or 20 pounds, for members and non-members respectively. It is important to get hold of the documents promptly, as the end of December 2004 is the deadline for comments. The revision is long overdue. The existing standard for monolingual thesauri (the whole scope of which is revised in Parts 1 and 2) is dated 1986! Your comments will help us all evolve to meet the needs of the 21st century. Stella Dextre Clarke Convenor, Working Group for BS 8723 ***************************************************** Stella Dextre Clarke Information Consultant Luke House, West Hendred, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 8RR, UK Tel: 01235-833-298 Fax: 01235-863-298 SDClarke@LukeHouse.demon.co.uk *****************************************************
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