Research and Development Results appear in a variety of formats whereas they are collected in several systems. These data are often part of library system, but they also are visible as metadata description of fulltext repository record and finally, we can find them in CRIS systems
Format typical for library system is MARC21. Metadata format often used in fulltext repository is Dublin Core and finally, best practice of CRIS system recommends to use CERIF format. Let us describe these formats. The comparison of them helps us to make communication between the systems containing similar data.