[DDI-ADG] standards for frequency (or lack thereof)

[Katherine McNeill-Harman]

Hi everyone,

I've looked around fruitlessly for any standard list of frequencies.  I 
looked at the ISO web site, but wasn't able to navigate to anything helpful 
(maybe someone else is more familiar).  I did various web searches, to no 
avail.  I looked on the web sites and in reference books for bodies that I 
know collect/publish data at certain frequencies (e.g. IMF, World Bank).
I even looked in the dictionaries in which I found the other definitions, 
and several economic dictionaries.

None of the sources above define/list these terms in any way.  I'm 
beginning to wonder if terms may be too taken-for-granted to be listed in a 
structured way.

However, if nothing else, we could just go to a regular English dictionary 
for definitions of the terms.  For example, my Websters Collegiate 
Dictionary defines quarterly as "recurring, issued, or spaced at 3-month 
intervals."  This was the best that I found anywhere.  This wouldn't take 
care of our need for a list from which to work in the first place, but I 
expect we'd be able to brainstorm most. (and then the "other" option would 
cover the rest)

Maybe others have other ideas or techniques they could try, but I think I'm 
stuck.

Kate

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Katherine McNeill-Harman
Data Services Librarian
Dewey Library for Management and Social Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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