18 ISO International Standard INTE RNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION+MEXAYHAPOAHAR OPTAHV3ALWA NO CTAHAAPTW3ALWW+ORGANISATION INTE RNATIONALE DE NORMALISATION Documentation -- Contents list of periodicals Documentation - Sommaire des periodiques First edition - 1981-12-01 UDC 655.535.253 : 05 Ref. No. ISO 18-1981 (E) Descriptors : documentation, periodicals, reports, presentation. 18-1981 Copyright International Organization for Standardization Price based on 2 pages without license from IHS Not for Resale Foreword Iso (the International Organization for Standardization) is a woridwide federation of national standards institutes (Iso member bodies). The work of developing Inter- national Standards is carried out through ISO technical committees. Every member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been set up has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with IsO, also take part in the work. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for approval before their acceptance as International Standards by the IsO Council. International Standard isO 18 was developed by Technica! Committee ISO/TC 46, Documentation, and was circulated to the member bodies in June 1980. It has been approved by the member bodies of the following countries : Australia France Poland Austria Germany, F.R. Romania Belgium India South Africa, Rep. of Brazil Iran. Spain Canada Ireland Sweden China Italy Switzerland Czechoslovakia Japan USA Korea, Rep. of USSR Denmark Egypt, Arab Rep. of Mexico Finland Netherlands The member body of the following country expressed disapproval of the document on technical grounds : Hungary This International Standard cancels and replaces ISo Recommendation R 18-1956, of which it constitutes a technical revision. @ Internationat Organization for Standardization, 1981 Printed in Switzerland withoutlicense from IHS Not for Resale ISO 18-1981 (E) INTERNATIONAL STANDARD Documentation -- Contents list of periodicals 1 Scope and field of application 4.4 Languages are treated in the table of contents as follows : This International Standard provides rules for the presentation of the contents list of a periodical (see ISO 8 for the presenta- 4.4.1 If a publication contains articles in different languages, tion of periodicals.) each item shall be listed in the language of the article. 4.4.2 If the contents list is translated into one or more 2 References languages a separate contents list for each language is recorm- mended following the original contents list. If the publication Iso 8, Documentation -- Presentation of periodicals. includes articles in severat languages, for each article, the original language shall be indicated : Iso 30, Documentation - Bibliographic identification (biblid) of serial publications. 1 Example : ISo/R 215, Presentation of contributions to periodicals. 2) /E/ = English /F/ = French, etc. (see ISO/R 639) ISO/R 639, Symbols for languages, countries and authorities. 2) 4.4.3 If there is a single contents list, translations of the. titles may be given, after the original titles. 3Definition contents ist : A concise enumeration of sections, articles and 5Position contributions in a single issue of a periodical indicating the items and their titles. 5.1 The contents list shall be placed in the same position in each issue within the same volume or year. Essential rules 4 5.2 The contents list should be on the first page of the issue immediately following' the inside front cover. It is rec- 4.1A contents list shall be printed in each issue. Extracts of. the contents list may appear in the same issue. cover. 4.2 The sequence used should preferably be that of the ar- 5.3 The contents list beginning on the first page shall, if ticles in the publication. Alternatively, the articles may be listed necessary, continue on the second page. in subject gr