On the issue of an electronic version of the IPC 7th ed. is anyone aware of an English-language version for the 7th ed. of the excellent Stich- und Schlagwortverzeichnis? An English language version was available on the 6th edition and was a huge improvement on the very perfunctory official catchword index. I seem to remember you could look under e.g ethylene diamine tetracetic acid and it would tell you exactly where to start searching in the subgroups.
Peter Robson
Senior Lecturer
Scool of Information Management
Leeds Metropolitan University
Leeds LS6 3QS
GB
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> Subject: Re: downloadable IPC list
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> Although there are electronic versions of the IPC around, I would
> strongly advise against trying to force it into a spreadsheet format.
> This makes it very tempting to use a term in isolation, whereas the
> value of the IPC lies in the hierarchical context of the term, as well
> as the definition for the single term.
> I use the IPC:CLASS CD-ROM product from WIPO, which has all 7 editions
> of the IPC plus the revision concordances between editions; this gives
> you a good level of browsability and the means to generate a meaningful
> strategy for a retrospective search. Visit the WIPO site's electronic
> bookshop for more details - price when I last looked was about CHF 150.
> In addition, WIPO load the IPC on a sub-domain of their site, at
> http://classifications.wipo.int. But check the copyright before you
> download substantial portions.
>
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