CARIS: Guidelines for Data Recording













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FAO/CARIS 2 (Rev. 2) En
September 1998

CARIS

Current agricultural research information system
Système d'information sur les recherches agronomiques en cours
Sistema de Información sobre Investigaciones Agronómicas en Curso


FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
ORGANISATION DES NATIONS UNIES POUR L'ALIMENTATION ET L'AGRICULTURE
ORGANIZACION DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS PARA LA AGRICULTURA Y LA ALIMENTACION


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CARIS
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INTRODUCTION

PART ONE

1.1 CARIS PROCESSING
1.2 CARIS INPUT SHEET
1.3 CARIS CODING CONVENTIONS
1.4 INDEXING OF RESEARCH PROJECTS
1.5 DEFINITIONS

PART TWO - COMPLETING THE CARIS INPUT SHEET

INPUT SHEET HEADER: FIELD 00-TAGS 01-09
00/A-01 LOCAL RECORD NUMBER
00/B-02 STATUS
00/C-03 PROJECT CODE
00/D-04 STARTING DATE
00/E-05 DURATION OF RESEARCH PROJECT
00/F-06 TERMINATION DATE (COMPLETED PROJECT)
00/G-07 EXCHANGE LANGUAGE
00/H-08 OTHER LANGUAGE
00/1-09 DATE OF INFORMATION
INPUT SHEET BODY: VARIABLE FIELDS 10-65
10. RESEARCH PROJECT: TITLE (EXCHANGE LANGUAGE)
11. RESEARCH PROJECT: OBJECTIVES (EXCHANGE LANGUAGE)
12. RESEARCH PROJECT: TITLE (OTHER LANGUAGE)
13. RESEARCH PROJECT: OBJECTIVES (OTHER LANGUAGE)
19. RESEARCH PROJECT: PUBLICATIONS
20. AGRIS/CARIS CATEGORIZATION (PRIMARY CODE)
21. AGRIS/CARIS CATEGORIZATION (SECONDARY CODE)
22. AGRIS/CARIS CATEGORIZATION (SECONDARY CODE)
25. INDEXING: AGROVOC DESCRIPTORS
26. INDEXING: PROPOSED AGROVOC DESCRIPTORS
27. INDEXING: LOCAL DESCRIPTORS
30. INSTITUTION: NAME
31. INSTITUTION: ADDRESS
40. RESEARCH WORKERS: LEADER
41. RESEARCH WORKERS: LEADER-SPECIALITY
42; 44; 46; 48 RESEARCH WORKERS: CO-WORKER(S)
43; 45; 47; 49 RESEARCH WORKERS: CO-WORKER(S)-SPECIALITY
65. MISCELLANEOUS: NOTES

PART THREE

3.1 REFERENCES
3.2 TRANSLITERATION TABLES FOR SELECTED NON-ROMAN ALPHABETS
3.3 LANGUAGE CODES*
3.4 EXAMPLES OF COMPLETED CARIS INPUT SHEETS
3.5 CHECK MATRICES FOR ELEMENTS REQUIRED ON CARIS INPUT SHEETS
3.6 CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE UNISIST REFERENCE MANUAL FOR MACHINE-READABLE DESCRIPTIONS OF RESEARCH PROJECTS AND INSTITUTIONS AND THE CARIS INPUT SHEET