Stella's probably seen this, but I thought there might be some who haven't. The final version of ANSI/NISO Z39.19-2005 has been completed and published on the NISO website. You will find it listed on the approved and published standards page: http://www.niso.org/standards/ or you can access it from the direct download URL: http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/Z39-19-2005.pdf A print version will be available for purchase in the near future. ANSI/NISO Z39.19 - 2005 Guidelines for the Construction, Format, and Management of Monolingual Controlled Vocabularies Equivalent international standard: ISO 2788 Abstract: Presents guidelines and conventions for the contents, display, construction, testing, maintenance, and management of monolingual controlled vocabularies. It focuses on controlled vocabularies that are used for the representation of content objects in knowledge organization systems including lists, synonym rings, taxonomies, and thesauri. -- Sue Ellen Wright Institute for Applied Linguistics Kent State University Kent OH 44242 USA sellenwright@gmail.com swright@kent.edu sewright@neo.rr.com
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