SUGGESTED CRITERIA FOR TITLES, ABSTRACTS, AND INDEX TERMS IN DOD TECHNICAL REPORTS
Abstract
The DOD requires that its authors completed DD Form 1473 (a bibliographic control form) on all DOD technical reports. This requirement should be, but is not now, accompanied by a set of criteria for the preparation of titles, abstracts and keywords. The titles should be definitive, subject encompassing, and composed from specific terms. Superfluous phrases, superscripts and subscripts should be avoided. The abstracts should contain statements of purpose of the study, methodology used, give significant results, and interpret the meaning of the study; they should act as a substitute for the whole report. Index-terms should be those which describe the materials, equipment or systems used in the study; processes, techniques, or operations inherent in the study. They should contain both generic and specific expressions, as well as words which show relationship of the reported work to other disciplines. The use of links and roles (an optional DOD indexing requirement) is questioned because it requires a consistency in indexing, as well as different role-definitions in different document collection. The adoption of the proposed criteria should lead to a more meaningful author participation in the DOD documentation process.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0622944
Entities
People
- Alexander G. Hoshovsky