5.2 LOCAL TERMINOLOGIES While HURIDOCS promotes international standards for the purpose of information exchange, it recognises that some thesauri may not meet the exact needs of organisations. Thus, the Events Standard Formats allow for fields with locally developed terminologies. Thus, for instance, the ILO list of occupations is promoted as a reference for a specific field in the Events Standard Formats, but in addition, there is a field called Local Term for Occupation. The following are the various subject matters for which it is recommended to develop local lists: Local Index National Legislation Local Geographical Area Local Term for Occupations Origins (such as tribe or clan) Local Languages Sexual Orientation Other Thesaurus Judicial Districts For a description and an example of each of these local Micro-thesauri, see Micro-thesauri, nos. 61 to 69. 5.3 HOW TO DEVELOP LOCAL MICRO-THESAURI Local users can study the various Micro-thesauri in this book and in the document Microthesauri, which serve as models in thesaurus construction. As for the content of the lists, it would help to gather lists from their own countries or regions. Official agencies can be of help. For instance, lists established by the postal services can aid constructing a list of geographical areas. Consultations among human rights practitioners would be invaluable, especially since the field of human rights involves many disciplines and interests like law, counselling, advocacy, and others. One can then proceed to compiling various terms. The list of terms can be controlled by:  Choosing the preferred term, if two terms are equivalent. For instance, when drawing up the list of occupations, one may have to choose between the terms farmer and peasant.  Looking for a precise term. A term should be brief, but should represent the whole idea. By way of example, while one could use the phrase killing of several persons at the same time in the same place, the term massacre is more precise and should be used instead. 45