Information on Standards
Indexing
NISO
Anderson, James D. 1997. NISO-TR02, Guidelines for Indexes and Related Information Retrieval Devices. Bethesda, MD: NISO Press. ISBN: 1-880124-36-x.
https://www.niso.org/publications/niso-tr02-1997-guidelines-indexes-and-related-information-retrieval-devices
ANSI/NISO Z39.94-2021 Criteria for Indexes. Baltimore, MD: NISO, 2021. ISBN: 978-1-950980-14-7; DOI: 10.3789/ansi.niso.z39.4-2021.
https://groups.niso.org/apps/group_public/download.php/25816/ANSI_NISO_Z39.94-2021_Criteria_for_Indexes.pdf
Wellisch, Hans. 1999. NISO-TR03, Guidelines for Alphabetical Arrangement of Letters and Sorting of Numerals and Other Symbols. Bethesda, MD: NISO Press. ISBN 1-880124-41-6.
https://www.niso.org/publications/niso-tr03-1999-guidelines-alphabetical-arrangement-letters-sorting-numerals-other
ISO
International Organization for Standardization. 1985. Documentation – Methods for Examining Documents, Determining their Subjects, and Selecting Indexing Terms. ISO 5963:1985 (equivalent to BS 6529:1985)
Available for purchase at: https://www.iso.org/standard/12158.html
International Organization for Standardization. 1986. Information and documentation – guidelines for the content, organization and presentation of indexes. ISO 999:1996
Available for purchase at: https://www.iso.org/standard/5446.html
Thesauri and Controlled Vocabularies
NISO
ANSI/NISO Z39.19-2005 (R2010) Guidelines for the Construction, Format, and Management of Monolingual Controlled Vocabularies. ISBN: 978-1-880124-65-9.
https://www.niso.org/publications/ansiniso-z3919-2005-r2010
ISO
International Organization for Standardization. 2011. Information and Documentation – Thesauri and Interoperability with Other Vocabularies – Part 1: Thesauri for Information Retrieval. ISO 25964-1: 2011.
Available for purchase at: https://www.iso.org/standard/53657.html
International Organization for Standardization. 2013. Information and Documentation – Thesauri and Interoperability with Other Vocabularies – Part 2: Interoperability with Other Vocabularies. ISO 25964-2: 2013.
Available for purchase at: https://www.iso.org/standard/53658.html