Communicating with Online Catalogs and Other Retrieval Systems: The Need for a Standard Command Language.

Hildreth, Charles R.

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Publication Date: 1986

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Communicating with Online Catalogs and Other Retrieval Systems: The Need for a Standard Command Language.

Hildreth, Charles R.

Library Hi Tech, v4 n1 p7-11 1986

Command-driven searches would be facilitated, as users move from system to system, if a common command language were used. Proposed standards for a "Common Command Language for Online, Interactive Information Retrieval" have been developed by National Information Standards Organization (NISO) Committee G, and are now being reviewed for adoption. (Author/EJS)

Descriptors: Computer Software, Display Systems, Information Systems, Library Catalogs, Man Machine Systems, Online Searching, Online Systems, Programing Languages, Search Strategies, Standards

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers

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