ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 8777 First edition 1993-09-15 Information and documentation Commands for interactive text searching Information et documentation -Commandes pourles systemes interactifsderecherched'information ISO Referencenumber ISO 8777:1993(E) ISO 8777:1993(E) Contents Page 1 Scope 2 Normative reference 3 Definitions 4 General principles 2 5 Command names 4 6 User aids 4 7 Paging 5 8 Database selection: BASE 5 6 Query formulation: FIND 6 10 Index scanning: SCAN 8 11 Thesaurus scanning: RELATE 8 12 Output commands: SHOW, PRINT 8 13 Savingandrecallingsearchstrategies 9 14 Deletion: DELETE 10 15 User-defined functions: DEFINE 10 16 Interrupt 10 17 End of session: STOP 10 Annexes A Summary of command names, operators, abbreviations and symbols 11 B Commonly used field labels 13 c Examples 14 D Bibliography 23 ISO1993 mission in writing from the publisher. InternationalOrganizationforStandardization Case Postale 56.CH-1211Geneve20·Switzerland Printed in Switzerland IS08777:1993(E) Foreword Iso (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (IsO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through Iso technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with isO, also take part in the work. isO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International a vote. International Standard ISO 8777 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 46,Information and documentation, Sub-Committee SC 4, Com- puter applications in information and documentation. Annexes A, B, C and D of this International Standard are for information only. ii