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<h2 id="discontinuation">Discontinuation</h2> <p>AIP has announced that <i>PACS 2010</i> will be the final version, but it will continue to be available through their website.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> The decision was made to discontinue PACS, owing to the administrative complexity of the revision process and its future viability in light of changing technological and research trends. However, PACS is still in use by scientific journals.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p><p>In association with Access Innovations, Inc., the AIP has developed a new "AIP Thesaurus",<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> which it states will enable faster, more accurate and more efficient searches. </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Mathematics_Subject_Classification/7xeTuuuk">Mathematics Subject Classification</a> (MSC)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Computing_Classification_System/39RPHpl1">Computing Classification System</a> (CCS)</li> <li><a href="/facts/PhySH/pFkPb6ms">PhySH</a> (Physics Subject Headings)</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://journals.aps.org/PACS">"Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme (PACS)"</a>. <i>Physical Review Journals</i>. 11 January 2008.</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070826124822/http://www.aip.org/pacs/Information">https://web.archive.org/web/20070826124822/http://www.aip.org/pacs/Information</a> on PACS[<i>dead link</i>]</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171201041118/https://publishing.aip.org/publishing/pacs/pacs-2010-regular-editionPACS">https://web.archive.org/web/20171201041118/https://publishing.aip.org/publishing/pacs/pacs-2010-regular-editionPACS</a> 2010[<i>dead link</i>]</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190202042231/http://physics.zju.edu.cn/pw/ymdm/file/pacs/pacs.html">"PACS 2010"</a>. <i>physics.zju.edu.cn</i>. Archived from <a href="http://physics.zju.edu.cn/pw/ymdm/file/pacs/pacs.html">the original</a> on 2019-02-02. Retrieved 2019-02-01.</li> <li><a href="https://publishing.aip.org/pacs_2010_alpha/">"<i>PACS 2010</i> Alphabetical Index"</a>. <i>AIP Publishing</i>.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"PACS home page". AIP Website. AIP. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2013. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081014080518/http://www.aip.org/pacs/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20081014080518/http://www.aip.org/pacs/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"What is PACS?". AIP Website. AIP. Archived from the original on 22 November 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2013. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131122200802/http://www.aip.org/pacs/pacs2010/about.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20131122200802/http://www.aip.org/pacs/pacs2010/about.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"PACS home page". AIP Website. AIP. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2013. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081014080518/http://www.aip.org/pacs/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20081014080518/http://www.aip.org/pacs/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"PACS home page". AIP Website. AIP. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2013. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081014080518/http://www.aip.org/pacs/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20081014080518/http://www.aip.org/pacs/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>PACS cloud. Reports on Progress in Physics. 2013. (scroll to the bottom of the page) <a href="https://archive.today/20120710174917/http://iopscience.iop.org/0034-4885" target="_blank">https://archive.today/20120710174917/http://iopscience.iop.org/0034-4885</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Access Innovations, Inc. and American Institute of Physics "Unravel" New Thesaurus for Online Scholarly Publications". Access Innovations Website. Access Innovations. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2013. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180922024345/http://www.accessinn.com/access-innovations-inc-and-american-institute-of-physics-unravel-new-thesaurus-for-online-scholarly-publications/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20180922024345/http://www.accessinn.com/access-innovations-inc-and-american-institute-of-physics-unravel-new-thesaurus-for-online-scholarly-publications/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>