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IS0
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IS0 RECOMMENDATION
R 214
ABSTRACTS AND SYNOPSES
1st EDITION
November 1961
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BRIEF HISTORY
The IS0 Recommendation R 214, Abstracts and Synopses, was drawn up by Technical
Committee ISO/TC 46, Documentution, the Secretariat of which is held by the Nederlands Ins-
tituut voor Documentatie en Registratuur (N.I.D.E.R.) on behalf of the Stichting Nederlands
Normalisatie-instituut ("1).
Work on this question by the Technical Committee began in 1952 and led, in 1958, to the
adoption of a Draft IS0 Recommendation.
In June 1959, this Draft IS0 Recommendation (No. 299) was circulated to all the IS0
Member Bodies for enquiry. It was approved, subject to some editorial amendments, by the
following Member Bodies:
Australia Germany
Poland
Austria Greece Republic of South Africa
Belgium Hungary Romania
Brazil India Spain
Canada Ireland Sweden
Chile Israel Switzerland
Czechoslovakia ltaly United Kingdom
Denmark Netherlands U.S.S.R.
France Norway Yugoslavia
One Member Body opposed the approval of the Draft: New Zealand.
The Draft IS0 Recommendation was then submitted by correspondence to the IS0 Council,
which decided, in November 1961, to accept it as an IS0 RECOMMENDATION.
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Ref. No. : lSO/R 214-1961/A1-1968(1
DC 003-050
AMENDMENT 1 - December 1968
TO IS0 RECOMMENDATION R/214-1961
Amendment 1
to IS0 Recommendation R 214-1961
ABSTRACTS AND SYNOPSES
Amendment of the English version
Page 3, clause 1 of the section “Abstracts”, 3rd line:
Replace the words “includes the appropriate bibliographical reference”
bY
“is accompanied by the bibliographical reference”
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ISO/R 214-1961 (E)
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IS0 Recommendation R 214 November 1961
ABSTRACTS and SYNOPSES
ABSTRACTS SYNOPSES
1. DEFINITION
1. DEFINITION
An abstract is a brief indication of the content A synopsis is a summary of the content of
of an article or other work, is issued inde- an article or other work, which it always
pendently of it and includes the appropriate accompanies, preferably between the heading
and the text, to distinguish it from any sum-
bibliographical reference (see section 4).
mary of conclusions in the text itself. It is
It is usually compiled by a person other
than the author, though it may be based on compiled by the author or with his agreement.
the (author’s) synopsis which accompanies
the article or work.
2. PURPOSE, CHARACTER AND CONTENT 2. PURPOSE, CHARACTER AND CONTENT
A synopsis should set out the essential
An abstract should set out the essential
features of the original article or work, features of the article or work it accom-
indicating new observations and any
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