Common Communication Format (CCF)

Common Communication Format 

Common Communication Format (CCF):

 CCF is a structured format for creating bibliographical records and for exchanging records between groups of information agencies and libraries. An international symposium in Taormina, Sicily conducted by UNESCO was held in April 1978. On the recommendations of the symposium, UNESCO / PGI formed the ad-hoc group on the establishment of a Common Communication Format (CCF). The first edition of CCF was published in 1984 under the editorship of Peter Simmons and Alan Hopkins and its second edition was published in 1988 in two volumes called CCF/B and CCF/F. Several countries have adopted this standard for exchange and creation of bibliographic records at the national level.

Questions based on CCF:

CCF stands for Common Communication Format.

CCF first edition published by UNESCO in 1984.

CCF second edition published in 1988.

CCF related standard is ISO- 2709.

CCF record format having 4 parts.

Name of four parts of CCF record format is, Indicator, Sub-Fields, Field Separator and Record separator.

CCF 3^rd ed. Published in 1992.

Each "CCF" record begins with a fixed-length table of  24 characters to provide a parameter to process record.

In CCF (B), B stands for Bibliographic Information.

In CCF (F), F stands Factual Information.

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