IS 14873 : 2012/ISO 2709 : 2008 Information and Documentation - Format for Information Exchange

Reaffirmed 2017

NATIONAL FOREWORD

This Indian Standard (First revision) which is identical with ISO 2709 : 2008 ‘Information and documentation — Format for information exchange’ issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on the recommendation of the Documentation and Information Sectional Committee and approval of the Management and Systems Division Council.

This standard was first published in 2000 as adoption of ISO 2709 : 1996. The revision of this standard has become necessary as the corresponding International Standard ISO 2709 has been revised in 2008.

The text of ISO Standard has been approved as suitable for publication as an Indian Standard without deviations. Certain conventions are, however, not identical to those used in Indian Standards. Attention is particularly drawn to the following:

Wherever the words ‘International Standard’ appear referring to this standard, they should be read as ‘Indian Standard’.