Guidelines for Descriptive Cataloging of Reports: A Revision of COSATI (Committee on Scientific and Technical Information) Standard for Descriptive Cataloging of Government Scientific and Technical Reports

摘要

The revised guidelines were developed to further standardize descriptive cataloging entries among federal information processing agencies. An interagency working group comprised of representatives from the four major federal information processing agencies was established to develop and implement these guidelines. The principle objectives of the working group are: (1) to revise the COSATI standards, keeping in mind 17 core data elements common to all four agencies; (2) to include subject fields and groups, descriptors/subject terms, and abstract data elements as part of the 17 core data elements; (3) to identify new data elements, e.g., organization codes; (4) to standardize data element tags for exchange of data on magnetic tape; (5) to update the authority standards; and (6) to update examples in the guidelines.