[Asis-standards] ISO vote

[Mark Needleman]

Folks

i just voted CONFIRM on

Systematic Review of ISO 4:1997, Information and documentation -- Rules for the abbreviation of title words and titles


i sent them the comments provided by Dorothy McGarry:

One comment has to do with English grammar. They use "which" when mostly (if not all places) "that"should be used.

Although it may be it's ISO terminology, but some of the definitions seem to be dense. Also, some of the abbreviations seem kind of ridiculous, but again, I\we guess ISO has used many of these for years. Even with a list, we think it would be difficult to figure out the full title to be able to,look it up in a catalog.


One NISO member voted to revise the standard with following comment:

Given that abbreviations are no longer as necessary as previously and are a major source of metadata inconsistency it would seem valuable to consider whether a) the standard should address the question of when titles/names should be abbreviated or b) if this is addressed elsewhere, whether those RP/Standards should be considered for revision in the light of current technology and information systems. A broad recommendation to avoid abbreviation seems appropriate in today's world.

In light of this does anyone feel we should change our vote - if so please let me know by 12/2

mark