ISO 2146 is an
ISO standard
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO ) is an international standard development organization composed of representatives from the national standards organizations of member countries. Membership requirements are given in Ar ...
defining an
information model
An information model in software engineering is a representation of concepts and the relationships, constraints, rules, and operations to specify data semantics for a chosen domain of discourse. Typically it specifies relations between kinds of t ...
for "registry services for
libraries
A library is a collection of Document, materials, books or media that are accessible for use and not just for display purposes. A library provides physical (hard copies) or electronic media, digital access (soft copies) materials, and may be a ...
and related organisations". Operating at a higher level than item-level standards such as
MARC Marc or MARC may refer to:
People
* Marc (given name), people with the first name
* Marc (surname), people with the family name
Acronyms
* MARC standards, a data format used for library cataloging,
* MARC Train, a regional commuter rail system o ...
, it takes as principal elements ''parties'' (people or organisations), ''collections'' (of books,
data
In the pursuit of knowledge, data (; ) is a collection of discrete Value_(semiotics), values that convey information, describing quantity, qualitative property, quality, fact, statistics, other basic units of meaning, or simply sequences of sy ...
, etc.), ''services'' and ''activities'' (grants, projects, etc.)
The first edition of ISO 2146 was published in 1972, as "Directories of libraries,
information
Information is an abstract concept that refers to that which has the power to inform. At the most fundamental level information pertains to the interpretation of that which may be sensed. Any natural process that is not completely random ...
and
documentation centres"; the second edition was published in 1988. The third edition was initially driven by the need to support
interlibrary loan
Interlibrary loan (abbreviated ILL, and sometimes called interloan, interlending, document delivery, document supply, or interlibrary services, abbreviated ILS) is a service where patrons of one library can borrow materials and receive photocopies ...
services online, but it has been broadened in scope to encompass the rules for registries operating in a network environment to provide the information about collections, parties, activities and services needed by libraries and related organizations to
manage their collections and deliver information and documentation services across a range of applications and domains.
The third edition reached publication stage in March 2010.
Usage
The ''
Research Data
In the pursuit of knowledge, data (; ) is a collection of discrete values that convey information, describing quantity, quality, fact, statistics, other basic units of meaning, or simply sequences of symbols that may be further interpreted. ...
Australia'' service (formerly the ''ANDS Collections Registry'') run by the
Australian National Data Service uses
RIF-CS, a profile of ISO 2146, as a
data interchange format
Data Interchange Format (.dif) is a text file format used to import/export single spreadsheets between spreadsheet programs.
Applications that still support the DIF format are Collabora Online, Excel, Microsoft Excel's implementation caused in ...
.
About RIF-CS
(ANDS)
External links
* ttp://researchdata.ands.org.au Research Data Australia
References
Library cataloging and classification
Metadata
Data modeling
#02146
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