METRICS IN FEDERAL CATALOGING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85-00988R000400060027-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 22, 2003
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: December 15, 1976
• Content Type: REQ

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15 tEC 1976
Metrics in Federal Cataloging
1. Federal Item Identification Guides (FIIG), which establish the
characteristic requirer.ients for item identifications in the DIDS data base,
are including provisions for both metric and english values for some
characteristics as they are being rewritten (long range). However, these
are either-or choices for the Federal catalogers and we have not received
metric values on iter.i descriptions except those already in common use
(tiz, IJIZ etc).
2. The attached sariple 1. was received in the DLSC Newsletter of
May, 197G. Sorge Identification Lists now contain the metric and english
equivalents for certain values (see sample 2., copy of IL fiche) which
are intended for familiarization only.
3. Hy GSA source is not aware of any published study or objective
regarding metric conversion, including milestones, but he is contacting
(12/13) DLSC to verify. I suspect actual utilization of metric data is
very long range and related to industrial conversion before it can be
applied to our logistics functions.
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