Discovery to Delivery Standards Portfolio
The following NISO standards fall under the Discovery to Delivery Topic Committee.
Active Groups:
NISO/UKSG KBART (Knowledge Bases and Related Tools) Working Group
- Task Group 1 - Access Management (Committee BA)
- Task Group 2 - Collection Description (Committee BB)
- Task Group 3 - Search/Retrieve (Committee BC)
NCIP (NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol) Implementers Group
SSO (Single Sign-on) Authentication (Working Group formation underway)
Recommended Practices:
All recommended practices can be found at downloaded at: http://www.niso.org/publications/rp/
- NISO RP-2006-02, NISO Metasearch XML Gateway Implementers Guide
- NISO RP-2006-01, Best Practices for Designing Web Services in the Library Context
- NISO RP-2005-03, Search and Retrieval Citation Level Data Elements
- NISO RP-2005-02, Search and Retrieval Results Set Metadata
Standards:
- ANSI/NISO Z39.50-2003 Information Retrieval : Application Service Definition & Protocol Specification
- ANSI/NISO Z39.74-1996 (R2002) Guides to Accompany Microform Sets
- ANSI/NISO Z39.83-1 - 2008 NISO Circulation Interchange - Part 1: Protocol (NCIP)
This standard defines a protocol that is limited to the exchange of messages between and among computer-based applications to enable them to perform the functions necessary to lend and borrow items, to provide controlled access to electronic resources, and to facilitate co-operative management of these functions. - ANSI/NISO Z39.83-2 - 2008 NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol (NCIP) Part 2: Implementation Profile 1
A practical implementation structure for the NISO Circulation Interchange Part 1: Protocol (NCIP) is defined. - ANSI/NISO Z39.88 -2004 The OpenURL Framework for Context-Sensitive Services
- ANSI/NISO
Z39.89 - 2003 The U.S. National Z39.50 Profile for Library Applications
- ANSI/NISO Z39.92 - 200x Information Retrieval Service Description Specification