ISO INTERNATIONAL 1086 STANDARD Second edition 1991-08-15 Information and documentation Title leaves of books Information et documentation --- Feuillets de titre des livres Reference number 1SO 1086:1991(E) Not for Resale SO 1086:1991(E) Foreword Iso (the International Organization for Standardization) is a woridwide federation of national standards bodies (lso member bodies). The work of preparingInternational Standards is normally carried outthrough IsO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, govern- mental 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 Inter- national Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote. International Standard iso 1086 was prepared by Technical Committee Iso/Tc 46, Information and documentation, Sub-Committee sc 9, Pres- entation, identification and description of documents. Thissecond edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISo 1086:1975). The text has been reorganized and enlarged to cover ad- ditional data relating to various types of books. @ 1SO 1991 All rights reserved. No part of this publlcation may be reproduced or utilized Iin any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and mlcrotilm, without permission in writing from the publisher. Internatlonal Organization for Standardization Case Postale 56 · CH-1211 Geneve 20 · Switzerland Printed In Switzerland ii Not for Resale d without license from IHS ISO 1086:1991(E) INTERNATIONAL STANDARD Information and documentation --. Title leaves of books Iso 5127-3A):1981, Information and documentation 1 Scope Vocabulary -- Section 3a): Acquisition, .identifi- cation, and analysis of documents and data. This International Standard specifies the information to be printed on title leaves of books and the manner Iso 5966:1982, Documentation Presentation of in which this information should be presented and scientific.and technical reports. arranged.Its purpose is to help editors and pub- lishers to produce title leaves that facilitate unam Iso.7144:1986, Documentation -- Presentation of biguous citation by users such as booksellers, theses and similar documents. librarians, documentalists, authors, indexers, cataloguers, database producers, etc. Iso 7275:1985, Documentation -- Presentation of title Books may be monographs, collections, textbooks, information of series. pictorial works, atlases, theses, conference pro- ceedings, technical reports, etc. They 'may be pub- lished as individual works as well as multi-volume works or parts of series. 3 Definitions This International Standard applies to books that have horizontal composition (in which the printed For the purposes of this International Standard,the following definitions apply. text is to be read horizontally from left to right). NOTES Where appropriate; existing.definitions, to the sources 2 Normative references of which reference is made, have been used. 2 Terms defined are listed aiphabetically in the English The foliowing standards contain, provisions which, and French texts: The equivalent English or French terms, through reference in this text, constitute provisions as appropriate, have therefore been placed in parenth- of this International Standard. At the time of publi- eses to facilitate cross-referencing. cation,the editions indicated were valid.All stan- dards are subject to revision, and parties to 3.1 accompanying material: A document or docu- agreements based on this Internationa!: Standard ments suppiementing another, to be used with it. are encouraged to investigate the