The new role of a documentation system for standardization

The authors propose an architecture for a documentation system for standardization. They study the system in terms of organizational structure, main functions and information resources. Then, the general architecture is presented and the objectives and the features of the system are discussed for three portions of the system: the host documentation centre; the discussion group (local documentation centre); and the subscriber (documentation unit). Special emphasis is given to the information retrieval system which is the kernel of the system.<>