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Hello all, List members with an interst in thesaurus construction (what? - you mean some of you aren't?) may be interested to hear that the British Standards Institute (BSI) has accepted a proposal for redevelopment of the 1987 BSI standard for mono-lingual thesaurus construction, and the 1985 standard for multilingual thesaurus construction. These are the standards which govern developments such as the EH Thesaurus of Monument Types. Broadly speaking, the proposal is to revise the 2 standards bringing them together to reflect needs at the start of the 21st century. The scope will be extended somewhat to deal with alternative forms of controlled vocabulary. But the core of the existing standards will be retained, with adjustments to present them in today's parlance. The government has an interest in this development - you may remember that information on the 'pan-government thesaurus' proposal was circulated to the list some months ago. Stella Dextre Clarke (contact details below) is co-ordinating comments from government departments. It may be worth contacting her if you need further information. In the meantime this is clearly a development that FISH members may want to keep in touch with. I'll post further information as I receive it. Contact details:- Stella G Dextre Clarke Information Consultant Luke House, West Hendred, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 8RR, UK [log in to unmask] Edmund Lee Forum Co-ordinator Forum on Information Standards in Heritage -------------------------------------------------------------- Find out more about FISH at http:/www.mda.org.uk/fish or join the discussion at http:/www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/fish --------------------------------------------------------------