BS ISO 5127:2017 - Page 6

Information and documentation. Foundation and vocabulary. | Status: Current, Work in hand

1 Scope This document provides a conceptsystem and general vocabulary for the field of documentation within the whole informationfield. It has been created with a balanced representation of major work areas in mind: documentation, libraries, archives, media, museums, records management, conservation as well as legal aspects of documentation. The scope of the vocabulary provided in this document corresponds to that of ISO/TC 46: standardization of practices relating to libraries, documentation and information centres, publishing, archives, records management, museum documentation, indexing and abstracting services, and information science.