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Using CCF: The Common Communication Format.
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Simmons, Peter – Information Technology and Libraries, 1986
Developed by Unesco in 1984 for non-library agencies, the Common Communication Format (CCF), offers a simple basis for machine readable bibliographic data for developing nations. Unlike MARC, CCF specifies no rules for description, permitting minimal records; and groups of fields called record segments permit relationships between fields and…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Developing Nations, Information Services, International Organizations