Terms and definitions. ISO 690

call number

Reference provided to enable the custodian to locate a resource within a repository.

citation

Indication within the text or other form of content of a relevant reference.

computer program

Schedule or plan that specifies actions expressed in a form suitable for execution by a computer. [ISO/TR 9544:1988]

contribution

Item provided by a creator to form part of a host resource from several creators. EXAMPLE An article in a serial.

creator

Entity primarily responsible for making the resource. [ISO 15836:2009]

database

Collection of data objects stored together in electronic form, according to one schema, and made accesible by computer.
NOTE Some databases, or files within a database, can also constitute a monograph or serial publication. In cases where it can readily be determined that a specific electronic resource is a monograph or serial, those terms are preferred over the broader term “database”.

graphic works

Graphics such as photographs (including negatives and transparencies), engravings, prints, drawings, wall charts, etc.

key title

Unique name for a continuing resource, established by the ISSN Network and inseparably linked with its ISSN. [ISO 3297:2007]

landscape

Orientation of a page with the longer edge running horizontally when it is in reading position.

map series

Number of related map sheets designed to form a single group, normally distinguishable by such common characteristics as a collective title, a sheet-numbering system and the same scale.
NOTE Normally a map series is the work of one mapping agency.

map height

Vertical measurement of a map when the map is in reading position.

map series designation

Coded numeric or alphanumeric identification applied to a map sheet, a map series or an atlas by the Publisher.

monograph

Publication in print or non-print form, complete in itself or intended to be completed in a finite number of parts.

neat line

A line separating the body of a map from the map margin

reference

Data describing a resource or part thereof, sufficiently precise and detailed to identify it and to enable it to be located.
NOTE A reference can be: part of a list of information resources; the heading of an abstract or a critical review; a note appended to a text, either at the foot of the page or at the end of a text; or a statement embodied in the text.

serial

Publication in print or non-print form, issued in successive parts, usually having numerical or chronological designations, and intended to be continued indefinitely, whatever the periodicity.
NOTE Serials can include periodicals, journals, newspapers, annuals, etc.

series

Group of monographs, serials or other publications sharing a common title, and possibly numbered.