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INFORMATION SYSTEMS THEIR INTERCONNECTION AND COMFOTIBILITY PROCEEDINGS OF A SYMPOSIUM VARNA, 30 SEPTEMBER - 3 OCTOBER 1974 ORGANIZED BY THE IAEA AND CO-SPONSORED BY THE FAO AND UNESCO INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, VIENNA, 1 975 INFORMATION SYSTEMS Their Interconnection and Compatibility PROCEEDINGS SERIES INFORMATION SYSTEMS Their Interconnection and Compatibility PROCEEDINGS OF A SYMPOSIUM ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS: CONNECTION AND COMPATIBILITY ORGANIZED BY THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY AND CO-SPONSORED BY THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION HELD IN VARNA, BULGARIA, 30 SEPTEMBER - 3 OCTOBER 1974 INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY VIENNA, 1975 INFORMATION SYSTEMS: THEIR INTERCONNECTION AND COMPATIBILITY IAEA, VIENNA, 1975 STI/PUB/379 ISBN 92-0^)70075-6 Printed by the IAEA in Austria February 1975 FOREWORD The Statutes of a number of international organizations, such as the International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Food and Agricultural Organization, include, as one of the aims of the bodies, the encourage- ment of exchange of information in the appropriate fields among their Member States. It is recognized that application of scientific knowledge is one of the best ways of achieving social progress. Rapid application of such knowledge is of paramount importance in the development of technology, which in turn leads to an increase in productivity and social advance. The rapid application can only be realized if there is effective cooperation and exchange of information on an international level. However, the distribution of work and responsibility for operating a world-wide information exchange system is a very complex problem. UNISIST, operating under the aegis of UNESCO, set about developing macro and micro models of information programs or systems that were to meet the needs of system users in various ways. Macro models could be considered as providing the necessary rules and concepts on the basis of which micro models could be developed. The macro models were designed around the following five main objectives: (i) improving the tools of systems and interconnection; (ii) improving the institutional components of the information transfer chain; (iii) developing specialized manpower; (iv) developing information policies and national networks; and (v) giving assistance to developing countries. On the basis of the general conceptual framework of UNISIST, at least two information systems - INIS and AGRIS - can be cited as operational. The Inter- national Atomic Energy Agency tried to further its program of information exchange among its Member States by creating the International Nuclear Information System. FAO tried to achieve the same goal by creating AGRIS. The development of a national information system reflects the information policy of a nation. The matching of these various national policies on an international level requires regional and international cooperation. The creation of international information systems is based on solving the various problems of compatibility and interconnection between national systems. To further international information exchange and to provide a forum for discussion, three international organizations, IAEA, UNESCO and FAO, organized a symposium to discuss the problems matching various and different information systems. The following main topic headings summarize the main areas of interest: State of development of international information programs and systems and their interconnection; National, international and intergovernmental discipline- and mission-oriented systems and their compatibility; Harmonization of national policies to improve interconnection and compatibility; Compatibility of national and inter- national standards and their use; Ways and means of improving systems interconnection in the future. The Symposium was attended by 146 participants from 37 countries and 14 international organizations. Forty-one papers were presented. These and the discussions that followed are printed in this volume. The Agency gratefully acknowledges the assistance and cooperation of the Bulgarian authorities, which helped greatly towards the success of the meeting. EDITORIAL NOTE The papers and discussions have been edited by the editorial staff of the International Atomic Energy Agency to the extent considered necessary for the reader's assistance. The views expressed and the general style adopted remain, however, the responsibility of the-named authors or participants. In addition, the views are not necessarily those of the governments of the nominating Member States or of the nominating organizations. Where papers have been incorporated into these Proceedings without resetting by the Agency, this has been done with the knowledge of the authors and their government authorities, and their cooperation is gratefully acknowledged. 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CONTENTS STATE OF DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMMES AND SYSTEMS AND THEIR INTERCONNECTION (Session I) UNISIST programme: its role in international co-operation in scientific and technical information (Invited paper, IAEA-SM-189/2) 3 A. Wysocki Planning and development of INIS: its applications of UNISIST principles and its interconnection with other international and national systems (Invited paper, IAEA-SM-189/3) 15 Zh. Turkov, A. Chepkasov AGRIS — problèmes de compatibilité et d'interconnection (Mémoire commandé, IAEA-SM-189/41 ) 35 R. Aubrac Building on what exists: the development of AGRIS as an example of systems interconnection (Invited paper, IAEA-SM-189/4) 41 H. East, Maria T. Martinelli International information systems: their relation to economic and social development (Invited paper, IAEA-SM-189/1) 51 J.E. Wools ton Problems of automatic information retrieval at the Austrian research centre Seibersdorf (IAEA-SM-189/20) 61 A. Nevyjel Система ИНИС — важный инструмент создания национальной системы информации по атомной науке и технике(IAEA-SM-189/27) 71 Г.Гиб н ер Опыт, накопленный в отношении использования информационных услуг системы ИБИС, и интегрирование ИНИС с системой науч- ной и технической информации ГДР (IAEA-SM-189/34) 77 Э.Шмидт, Б.Брайтфельд INIS in Norway and nordic regional cooperation (IAEA-SM-189/25) 83 /./. Wood Mise en place d'un système international d'échange d'information sur la politique scientifique et technologique: système SPINES (IAEA-SM-189/45) 93 B. de Padirac Discussion to Session I 101 NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL DISCIPLINE- AND MISSION-ORIENTED INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND THEIR COMPATIBILITY (Session II) Совместимость международной системы ИНИС и национальной авто- матизированной системы информации по атомной науке и технике (Приглашенный доклад, (IAEA-SM-189/6) 113 В. Ф. Семенов, В. Ф. Калинин, В. А. Киптенко,В. Н. Тюрнин Will there always be great diversity among the world's scientific and technological information handling systems? (Invited paper, IAEA-SM-189/38) 119 D.B. Baker, R.E. O'Dette Examples of discipline/mission compatibility and their problems (Invited paper, IAEA-SM-189/7) 131 D.H. Barlow Nuclear Energy Agency computer program activities (IAEA-SM-189/18) 145 L. Garcia de Viedma Experience in the harmonization of the Hungarian national scientific and technical information policy with the regional information system of CMEA and with other information programmes and systems (IAEA-SM-189/19) 149 J. Duzs О некоторых проблемах совместимости и коммуникации националь- ной системы научной и технической информации в Народной Республике Болгарии (IAEA-SM-189/28) 159 С.В.Симеонов, Р.Г.Андрианова К вопросу о создании двуязычного тезауруса для индексирования документов и запросов по атомной науке и технике (IAEA-SM-189/42) 167 В.Ф.Семенов, Н.В.Васильева, Л.Н.Быкова, В.А.Киптенко,Т.В.Стрельцова Организация подготовки ввода в ИНИС от Советского Союза (IAEA-SM-189/43) 175 В.Ф.Семенов, В.Н.Тюрнин The CINDA neutron data index: an illustration of complementarity between mission- oriented and specialized information systems (IAEA-SM-189/44) 181 N.A. Tubbs The AEC/RECON systems: a case study (IAEA-SM-189/29) 189 Т.Е. Hughes, A.A. Brooks Need-bases mission-oriented information systems: their purpose, design, organization and operation in developing countries, with special reference to India (IAEA-SM-189/30) . 197 V.A. Kamath, N.M. Malwad Система научной и технической информации Германской Демо- кратической Республики и ее интегрирование с международ- ной системой научной и технической информации стран-членов СЭВ (IAEA-SM-189/33) 211