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European Standards Survey

3.1 Content and Resource Description Standards

3.1.3 Bibliographic Description Standards
'The International Standard Bibliographic Description, ISBD, formal standard is the most suitable and widespread reference specification currently available for bibliographic description'.
European Commission Memorandum of Understanding: Multi-media access to Europe's Cultural Heritage, final report of Working Group 1: Standards and Protocols for Interoperability of Systems.

i. Please complete the table below:

Standard		No of Museums	No of Resources	Figures are:
ISBD(A)	Older Monographic Publications (Antiquarian)			Actual? Estimated? Unknown?
ISBD(CM)	Cartographic Material			Actual? Estimated? Unknown?
ISBD(EP)	Electronic Publications			Actual? Estimated? Unknown?
ISBD(M)	Monographic Publications			Actual? Estimated? Unknown?
ISBD(NBM)	Non Book Materials			Actual? Estimated? Unknown?
ISBD(PM)	Printed Music			Actual? Estimated? Unknown?
ISBD(S)	Serials			Actual? Estimated? Unknown?

Estimated/Unknown:

ii. Please also indicate if the either or both of the following are in use in your country for bibliographic description.

Standard		No of Museums	No of Resources	Figures are:
MARC Format	Machine Readable Cataloguing			Actual? Estimated? Unknown?
AACR2	Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules			Actual? Estimated? Unknown?

Estimated/Unknown:

iii. Please add any other comments or observations about the use of bibliographic description standards in your country:

3.1.4 Archive Description Standards
i. The International Standards of Archival Description, ISAD(G), is a formal standard issued by the ICA (International Council of Archives). It provides general rules for archival description.

Standard		No of Museums	No of Resources	Figures are:
ISAD(G)	General Rules			Actual? Estimated? Unknown?

Estimated/Unknown:

ii. The International Standard Archival Authority Record ISAAR(CPF), also issued by the ICA provides specific rules for corporate bodies, persons and families.
Standard		No of Museums	No of Resources	Figures are:
ISAAR(CPF)	Corporate bodies, Persons and Families			Actual? Estimated? Unknown?

Estimated/Unknown:

iii. Please add any other comments or observations about the use of archival description standards in your country:

3.2 Technological Standards and Protocols

3.2.1 Data Presentation and Encoding Standards

i. We are interested in which data presentation standards and data encoding standards are currently in use in your country. Please complete the table below:

Estimated/Unknown:

ii. Please add any other comments or observations about the use data presentation and encoding standards in your country:

3.2.2 Image Format Standards
Image format standards define ways of capturing, storing and compressing digital images. For more information on imaging visit Introduction to Imaging: Issues in Constructing an Image Database by Howard Besser and Jennifer Trant.

i. Please complete the table below:

Estimated/Unknown:

ii. Please add any other comments or observations about the use of image format standards in your country:

3.2.3 Searching Distributed Databases

i. Please complete the table below:

Estimated/Unknown:

ii. Please add any other comments or observations about searching distributed databases in your country:

Created on: 20 January 2000