Task Group I: Standardization

Objectives

This working group seeks to foster the practical cooperation on information and documentation issues among the network members by means of standardization. Standardization can here apply to the fields of both document analysis (e.g. standardization of indexing and retrieval terminology) as well as formal document description (e.g. standardization of cataloguing rules and principles). The task group serves also as a forum for dissemination of relevant knowledge and professional exchange about developments in the field.

Present Tasks

The current standardization efforts with regard to the standardization of terminology in the field of International Relations and area studies include:

Monitoring of the further development of the “European Thesaurus on International Relations and Area Studies,” a collaborative work by EINIRAS member institutes published in September 2007 that integrates the controlled vocabularies of several EINIRAS member institutions.
Interlinking of the European Thesaurus with both its source thesauri (as well as with other related controlled vocabularies) through the establishment of cross-concordances between the descriptors of the European Thesaurus and descriptors of those other thesauri, with the aim of facilitating integrated searches across data collections not indexed with the controlled terms of the European Thesaurus (and vice versa). This will primarily be done with regard to enhance the search mode in the EDN Database Network, but it could be also used by the member institutes in other contexts.
Methodological aspects of terminological standardization.

The current standardization efforts with regard to aspects of formal document description include:

Monitoring developments with regard to the emerging new international standard for cataloguing rules - Resource Description and Access (RDA) and evaluating its usefulness in the EINIRAS context and for individual institutes.

Task Group Members

Mr Axel Huckstorf, Chairman, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin
Ms Nenne Bodell, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Solna
Ms Catherine Boidras, Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, Paris
Ms Halina Bukowiecka, Polish Institute of International Affairs, Warsaw
Ms Petra Galle, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin
Mr Olivier Javay, Institut Français des relations internationales, Paris
Ms Helena Kolátorová, Institute of International Affairs, Prague
Mr Sebastian Nix, Deutsch-Französisches Institut, Ludwigsburg
Ms Sylvie Thoré, Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, Paris

Members interested in joining this group please contact Axel Huckstorf: axel.huckstorf(at)swp-berlin.org.



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I: Standardization II: ICT III: Shared Indexing IV: Funding		Task Group I: Standardization Objectives This working group seeks to foster the practical cooperation on information and documentation issues among the network members by means of standardization. Standardization can here apply to the fields of both document analysis (e.g. standardization of indexing and retrieval terminology) as well as formal document description (e.g. standardization of cataloguing rules and principles). The task group serves also as a forum for dissemination of relevant knowledge and professional exchange about developments in the field. Present Tasks The current standardization efforts with regard to the standardization of terminology in the field of International Relations and area studies include: Monitoring of the further development of the “European Thesaurus on International Relations and Area Studies,” a collaborative work by EINIRAS member institutes published in September 2007 that integrates the controlled vocabularies of several EINIRAS member institutions. Interlinking of the European Thesaurus with both its source thesauri (as well as with other related controlled vocabularies) through the establishment of cross-concordances between the descriptors of the European Thesaurus and descriptors of those other thesauri, with the aim of facilitating integrated searches across data collections not indexed with the controlled terms of the European Thesaurus (and vice versa). This will primarily be done with regard to enhance the search mode in the EDN Database Network, but it could be also used by the member institutes in other contexts. Methodological aspects of terminological standardization. The current standardization efforts with regard to aspects of formal document description include: Monitoring developments with regard to the emerging new international standard for cataloguing rules - Resource Description and Access (RDA) and evaluating its usefulness in the EINIRAS context and for individual institutes. Task Group Members Mr Axel Huckstorf, Chairman, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin Ms Nenne Bodell, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Solna Ms Catherine Boidras, Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, Paris Ms Halina Bukowiecka, Polish Institute of International Affairs, Warsaw Ms Petra Galle, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin Mr Olivier Javay, Institut Français des relations internationales, Paris Ms Helena Kolátorová, Institute of International Affairs, Prague Mr Sebastian Nix, Deutsch-Französisches Institut, Ludwigsburg Ms Sylvie Thoré, Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, Paris Members interested in joining this group please contact Axel Huckstorf: axel.huckstorf(at)swp-berlin.org.

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Task Group I: Standardization