Basic Forms of Citation for Statistics and Data: Towards an Accepted Standard

We present the basic forms of citation (formats and elements) developed for statistics, data, and maps products at Statistics Canada. From these models 80 examples have been created to become the citation standards of the organization. We also discuss the relationship between these standards and the ISO 690, 690-2 revision to include examples of statistics, data, and maps citation in the new ISO bibliographic standard, and the opportunities for IASSIST and the data community to be part of this process.