Standards
In libraries, AACR2 and MARC have long been internationally accepted standards. In subject databases such as Chemical Abstracts, MEDLINE and PsycINFO the Common Communication Format (CCF) is meant to serve as a baseline standard. Different standards prevail in archives and museums, such as CIDOC-CRM. Resource Description and Access (RDA) is a recent attempt to make a standard that crosses the domains of cultural heritage institutions. All these standards differ from the standards used by authors to refer to their sources. Each standard represents alternative ways of recording bibliographic information.
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—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
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