Using ScOT

• Indexing
• Standards
• Recent releases

Development

Standards for ScOT development are:

• ANSI/NISO Z39.19 Guidelines for the construction, format and display of monolingual controlled vocabularies
• ScOT Quality Assurance specifications – provides interpretations of Z39.19 and guidelines for ScOT developers

ScOT Quality Assurance Specifications V2.0 (last updated 7/8/2006)

Indexing

All major metadata standards support use of controlled vocabularies. Metadata standards that support use of ScOT include:

• ANZ-LOM metadata application profile supports use of ScOT in the Classification element. ANZ-LOM is a regional implementation of IEEE LOM.
• ScOT and SCIS vocabularies are registered classifications with MARC 21 relators. SCIS procedures support ScOT use within the Subject (650) element.
• edna metadata profile is an application of DCMI for the education sector and supports use of ScOT in the DC.Subject element.

ScOT versions are released for use in a range of systems and data transfer formats.

See also our page for cataloguing and indexing