[Asis-standards] TC46 business plan

[Mark Needleman]

Folks

one more vote - TC46 Business plan

SHORT-TURN AROUND BALLOT: The need for harmonized standards in the world of information is global. The widespread use of the Internet has renewed the interest in interoperable standards and compatible information systems. Standards developed under ISO/TC 46 “Information and documentation” aim to facilitate access to knowledge, culture and information and to help to develop appropriate automated tools, computer systems and services to disseminate the information that is curated and collated by libraries, archives, museums, publishers and other content industry participants. These standards give rules to identify, describe, index, classify, access, select, exploit, communicate, exchange and preserve, both paper-based and digital information.

Standardization in the field of information and documentation impacts various professional communities and industries. Standards for paper-based information evolve to meet the changing requirements for retention, dissemination, marketing, sales, archiving and digitization. Digital-born information changes rapidly along with the technology that produces and distributes it. These trends are reflected in the expertise of and the work undertaken within TC 46 sub-committees. Einformation is increasingly networked and sought on systems using a variety of formats and storage media. The different methods, formats and media through which information is accessed and transferred cannot be considered in isolation but must address system-wide interoperability.

TC 46 standards focus on issues faced by libraries, archival institutions, information centres, museums and the commercial supply chain in discovering, describing, preserving, storing and analyzing information whether that content is textual, graphical, audio, video or multimedia based. Getting the information about a resource (metadata) correct is critical for navigating repositories, maximizing discoverability and optimizing marketing and revenue opportunities. TC 46 standards also affect organizations, content industries, and media
production. These standards are used widely by people who look for a book or search for an article, by students in information science, by linguists and translators, by archivists, by indexing and abstracting services, by discovery tools, by retailers and aggregators.

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