News Server Article 35: Resources: Too Many Acronyms in your Life?

Resources: Too Many Acronyms in your Life? (Resources)

2004-11-10 (updated: 2008-01-13T23:17:00)

Summary:The AHDS (Arts and Humanities Data Service) presents its acronym-buster.

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Too many acronyms in your life? Confused by CORDIS? Perplexed by PATOIS? Baffled by BUND?

The AHDS (Arts and Humanities Data Service) presents its acronym-buster http://ahds.ac.uk/acronyms

The acronym-buster spells out the many acronymed institutions, organisations, projects and services related to digital resources in the humanities.

Other existing resources deal with technical jargon and file formats. You might also like to have a look at the 'What Is.Com' website or the File Format registry at the National Archives http://whatis.com http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pronom/

Alastair

Alastair Dunning
Arts and Humanities Data Service
King's College London
0207 848 1972

Author: Alastair Dunning