- From: Stella Dextre Clarke <sdclarke@lukehouse.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 18:20:51 +0100
- To: <public-esw-thes@w3.org>
Dear Colleagues, My messages to this list often mention BS 8723, and it is frustrating not to be able to supply free copies of Parts 1 and 2 (which were published by BSI in November 2005). I'm afraid most of the ISO member bodies tend to have prohibitive pricing and copyright policies. But the good news is that if a member of the SKOS community would be interested in commenting on drafts of Parts 3 and 4, I can send you a copy shortly. I should explain that the five parts of BS 8723, Guide to structured vocabularies for information retrieval, are on the following subjects respectively: . Part 1: Definitions, symbols and abbreviations; . Part 2: Thesauri; . Part 3: Vocabularies other than thesauri [i.e. classification schemes, taxonomies, subject heading schemes, ontologies, authority lists] . Part 4: Interoperability between vocabularies [including multilingual thesauri and mapping between vocabularies]; . Part 5: Exchange formats and protocols for interoperability Parts 3 and 4 are about to be released by BSI as Drafts for Public Comment. Anyone can obtain copies by purchasing them from the BSI website. But if you would like one in order to provide feedback, I can send you an electronic copy free of charge. If you would like one, please let me know by the end of April: - whether Part 3 or Part 4 or both; - your name and email address After I send it to you, the deadline for comments will be the end of June. I'll look forward to hearing from you, Stella Dextre Clarke Convenor, BSI committee IDT/2/2/1 ***************************************************** 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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