Name:	Australian Standard Research Classification
Publisher:	Australian Bureau of Statistics
Type:	Taxonomy
Categories:	General Science & Technology, Library & Information Science
Description:	The Australian Standard Research Classification (ASRC) is the collective name for a set of three related classifications designed for use in the measurement and analysis of research and experimental development (R&D) undertaken in Australia. They are: Type of Activity (TOA); Research Fields, Courses and Disciplines (RFCD); and Socio-economic Objective (SEO). The classifications are used in conjunction with industrial and institutional sector classifications to produce a set of official statistics which support a variety of user interests.
Total Terms:	1000
Top Terms:	24
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Non-Preferred Terms:
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Levels:	3
Notation Scheme:	No
Notation Description:
Relationship Types:	Associative, Equivalency, Hierarchical
Notes Fields:
Multilingual:	No
Languages:	English
Additional Information:	The TOA provides four types of activity related to research which can be a way of subdividing research projects in a database (4 terms); the RFCD is a hierarchical way of classifying research by academic disciplines, major sub-fields and emerging fields of study (1000+ terms); the SEO classifies research hierarchically by it's perceived purpose (750 terms). Concordances within the collection compare some of these classifications with others and with previous versions of the same classification.
Revision Cycle:	Unknown
Last Updated:	199808
Formats:	Public Website
Informational URL:	http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs%40.nsf/7884593a92027766ca2568b5007b8617/51c2bdb99eba43e8ca256889001e9d9e!OpenDocument
Online/Download URL:	http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/free.nsf/Lookup/32F7CB57443A341BCA256ADA0001F74B/$File/12970%5F98.pdf