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Surely, if these drafts are for consultation, they should be available free? Otherwise the consultation is going to be skewed. I would not feel justified in spending £40 of my very limited budget on an publication with a life span of two months. Malcolm S. Dobson Librarian James B.P. Ferguson Library Lanarkshire NHS Board 14 Beckford St Hamilton ML3 0TA 01698 281313 ext 6209 'Knowledge is power' - Christopher Dresser The views expressed above are my own and not those of NHS Lanarkshire > -----Original Message----- > From: Stella Dextre Clarke [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 03 November 2004 15:15 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Thesaurus standards on the move > > 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 > [log in to unmask]). 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 > [log in to unmask] > ***************************************************** *********************************************************************************************************************************************** NHS Lanarkshire Confidentiality and Disclaimer Notice ****************************************** This email is intended only for the addressee named above and the contents should not be disclosed to any other person or copies taken. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of NHS Lanarkshire (NHSL) unless otherwise specifically stated. As Internet communications are not secure NHSL do not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message or responsibility for any change made to this message after the original sender sent it. We advise you to carry out your own virus check before opening any attachment, as we cannot accept liability for any damage sustained as a result of any software viruses.