BS IS0 5127:2017 BSl Standards Publication Information and documentation - Foundation and vocabulary bsi. BS ISO 5127:2017 BRITISH STANDARD National foreword This British Standard is the UK implementation of IS0 5127:2017. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee IDT/2, Information and documentation. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. @ The British Standards Institution 2017 Published by BSI Standards Limited 2017 ISBN 978 0 580 77177 4 ICS 01.040.01; 01.140.20 Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations. This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 30 June 2017. Amendments/corrigenda issued since publication Date Text affected BS ISO 5127:2017 INTERNATIONAL ISO STANDARD 5127 Second edition 2017-05 Information and documentation - Foundation and vocabulary Information et documentation Fondations et vocabulaire IS0 5127:2017(E) BS ISO 5127:2017 COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @ IS0 2017, Published in Switzerland All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior the requester. ISO copyright office Ch. de Blandonnet 8 . CP 401 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland Tel.+4122 749 01 11 Fax +4122.749 09 47 [email protected] www.iso.org ii @ IS0 2017 - All rights reserved IS0 5127:2017(E) BS ISO 5127:2017 Contents Introduction. 1 2 Normative references 3 3.1 Basic and framework concepts... 3.1.1 .Basic concept.. 3.1.2 Framework concepts... 3.1.3 .15 3.1.4 Signs, characters and symbols. .16 3.1.5 Language and terminology... .19 3.1.6 3.1.7 Types of relations.... 30 3.1.8 Communication and information. 3.1.9 Digital communication .... .37 3.1.10 Types of data .. 41 3.1.11 Basic operations on data 3.1.12 Digital data processing .. ..51 3.1.13 Data representation in databases.... 3.2 Basic concepts for information and documentation.... ·62 3.2.1 3.2.2 Study fields related to documentation. .69 3.2.3 Institutions in documentation.. 71 3.2.4 Professions and functions in documentation.... 3.2.5 Numbering systems, identifiers, connectors .. .79 3.3 Objects, data media, document.... 3.3.1 Object and document values.. .84 3.3.2 Objects and data media .. 3.3.3 Documents by medium... .90 3.3.4 Processes in the intellectual production of documents.... .95 3.3.5 Physical production of documents .. .98 3.4 Documents ... .105 3.4.1 General concept.... 3.4.2 Derived documents. 114 3.4.3 Documents by acquisition status. 115 3.4.4 Records, legal and archival documents .. .115 3.4.5 Specialtypes of documents.. 118 3.4.6 Documents by originator and intended purpose.... ...130 3.4.7 Documents by main feature... 132 3.5 3.5.1 General concepts.. .144 3.5.2 Catalogues and archival registers... 3.5.3 Documents and parts of documents reflecting archival registering.. 152 3.5.4 Documentsandpartsofdocumentsreflectingcontentanalysisandcontent description....... 3.5.5 Reference works ... .154 3.5.6 Services to obtain documents .. 3.5.7 Parts of documents used in the bibliographic description... 157 @ IS0 2017 - All rights reserved ii IS0 5127:2017(E) BS ISO 5127:2017 Contents Introduction. 1 2 Normative references 3 3.1 Basic and framework concepts... 3.1.1 .Basic concept.. 3.1.2 Framework concepts... 3.1.3 .15 3.1.4 Signs, characters and symbols. .16 3.1.5 Language and terminology... .19 3.1.6 3.1.7 Types of relations.... 30 3.1.8 Communication and information. 3.1.9 Digital communication .... .37 3.1.10 Types of data .. 41 3.1.11 Basic operations on data 3.1.12 Digital data processing .. ..51 3.1.13 Data representation in databases..