ANSI/NISO Scientific and Technical Reports

Scientific and Technical Reports: Preparation, Presentation, and Preservation (hereinafter, the Standard) is the ANSI/NISO Z39.18-2005 (R2010) American national standard that is developed by the National Information Standards Organization and approved in 2005 and reaffirmed by 2010 by the American National Standards Institute.

The Standard outlines the elements, organization, and design of scientific and technical reports, including guidance for uniform presentation of front and back matter, text, and visual and tabular matter in print and digital formats, as well as recommendations for multimedia reports.

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ISSN: 1041-5653 National Information Standards series ISBN: 978-1-937522-21-6

ANSI/NISO Z39.18-2005 (R2010)

Contents

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Foreword.vii

1 General Information _1

1.1 Rationale for Revision.1

1.2 Role of Standard.2

1.3 Scope of Standard.2

1.4 Audience of Standard.2

1.5 Best Practices.2

2 Referenced Publications _3

2.1 American National Standards.3

2.2 Other Standards.3

2.3 Other Publications.3

3 Key Concepts Incorporated in This Standard _4

3.1 Metadata.4

3.2 Persistence.4

3.3 Interoperability.4

3.4 Creation.4

3.5 Discovery.5

3.6 Presentation in Digital Format.5

3.6.1 Document Type Definition (DTD).6

3.6.2 XML Document.6

3.6.3 XSL (Style Sheet).6

3.7 Presentation.6

3.8 Dissemination.6

3.9 Access and Distribution.7

3.10 Maintenance and Preservation.7

4 Components of Reports - Overview _8

4.1 Introduction.8

4.2 Metadata.8

4.2.1 Descriptive Metadata.8

4.2.2 Structural Metadata.8

4.2.3 Administrative Metadata.8

4.3 Components.9

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