# ISO 5963:1985 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards

For ISO 5963:1985, item title is Documentation — Methods for examining documents, determining their subjects, and selecting indexing terms; status code is 9599; successor is ISO/WD 5963; withdrawn / published date is 1985-11-21, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05.

- **Identifier:** ISO 5963:1985 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Item title:** Documentation — Methods for examining documents, determining their subjects, and selecting indexing terms _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Successor:** ISO/WD 5963
- **Withdrawn / published date:** 1985-11-21 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 12158,IS,,ISO 5963:1985,"Documentation — Methods for examining documents, determining their subjects, and selecting indexing terms","Documentation — Méthodes pour l'analyse des documents, la détermination de leur contenu et la sélection des termes d'indexation",1985-11-21,1,['01.140.20'],ISO/TC 46/SC 9,9599,,[87176],"['en','fr']",5,"<p>Describes general techniques for document analysis which should apply in all indexing situations. These techniques can be employed by any agency in which human indexers analyse the subjects of documents and express these subjects in indexing terms. Is intended to promote standard practice within an agency or network of agencies as well as between different ind

## Source

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Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-02-01.
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