ISO 999
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ISO 999 is an international standard that specifies rules for the content, organization, and presentation of indexes in books, periodicals, and other written documents.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ISO 999 canonical | 1 |
| ISO 999: Information and documentation — Guidelines for the content, organization and presentation of indexes | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2007394 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ISO 999 Context triple: [ISO 2108, relatedStandard, ISO 999]
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A.
ISO 23950
ISO 23950 is an international standard that defines the Z39.50 client-server protocol for searching and retrieving information from remote databases in a networked environment.
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B.
ISO 3297
ISO 3297 is the international standard that defines the structure, assignment, and use of the International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) for identifying serial publications.
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C.
ISO 7775
ISO 7775 is an older international standard that defined message formats for securities transactions and related financial communications, later superseded by ISO 15022.
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D.
ISO 2108
ISO 2108 is the international standard that defines the structure and use of the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) system for identifying books and related publications.
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E.
ISO 27729
ISO 27729 is the international standard that defines the International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI) system for uniquely identifying public identities of parties such as authors, performers, and organizations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ISO 999 Target entity description: ISO 999 is an international standard that specifies rules for the content, organization, and presentation of indexes in books, periodicals, and other written documents.
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A.
ISO 23950
ISO 23950 is an international standard that defines the Z39.50 client-server protocol for searching and retrieving information from remote databases in a networked environment.
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B.
ISO 3297
ISO 3297 is the international standard that defines the structure, assignment, and use of the International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) for identifying serial publications.
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C.
ISO 7775
ISO 7775 is an older international standard that defined message formats for securities transactions and related financial communications, later superseded by ISO 15022.
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D.
ISO 2108
ISO 2108 is the international standard that defines the structure and use of the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) system for identifying books and related publications.
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E.
ISO 27729
ISO 27729 is the international standard that defines the International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI) system for uniquely identifying public identities of parties such as authors, performers, and organizations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ISO standard
ⓘ
international standard ⓘ |
| abbreviation | ISO ⓘ |
| addresses |
choice of index terms
ⓘ
consistency of terminology in indexes ⓘ specificity of index entries ⓘ treatment of abbreviations in indexes ⓘ treatment of names in indexes ⓘ treatment of numbers in indexes ⓘ treatment of punctuation in indexes ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
indexes in books
ⓘ
indexes in other written documents ⓘ indexes in periodicals ⓘ |
| concerns |
multi-volume works
ⓘ
serials and periodicals ⓘ single-volume works ⓘ |
| defines |
rules for the content of indexes
ⓘ
rules for the organization of indexes ⓘ rules for the presentation of indexes ⓘ |
| domain |
library and information science
ⓘ
publishing industry ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
back-of-the-book indexes
ⓘ
indexes to written texts ⓘ |
| fullName |
ISO 999: Information and documentation — Guidelines for the content, organization and presentation of indexes
ⓘ
linked to:
ISO 999
|
| goal |
to improve usability of indexes
ⓘ
to promote consistency in indexes ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| providesGuidelinesFor |
alphabetical arrangement in indexes
ⓘ
arrangement of index terms ⓘ cross-references in indexes ⓘ index entries ⓘ index structure ⓘ typographical presentation of indexes ⓘ use of locators in indexes ⓘ use of see and see also references ⓘ use of subheadings in indexes ⓘ |
| publishedBy | International Organization for Standardization ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
bibliographic control
ⓘ
indexing standards ⓘ information retrieval ⓘ |
| standardNumber | 999 ⓘ |
| status | active ⓘ |
| subjectArea | information and documentation ⓘ |
| typeOfGuidance | recommendations rather than mandatory requirements ⓘ |
| usedBy |
editors
ⓘ
indexers ⓘ librarians ⓘ publishers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: ISO 999 Description of subject: ISO 999 is an international standard that specifies rules for the content, organization, and presentation of indexes in books, periodicals, and other written documents.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.