NCIP
Visit the Updated NCIP Website at www.ncip.info
The first edition of the NCIP (NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol) standard was published as ANSI/NISO Z39.83 in 2002. It was then revised to include greater extensibility, improved self-service and error handling, and to address issues that surrounded the first version of the standard. This was published in November 2008 in two parts:
- 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.
- NCIP Schemas: http://www.niso.org/schemas/ncip.
- NCIP Core Message Set
See Press Release, "NCIP Implementers Group Defines Core Message Set: Nine messages support major functionalities in resource sharing and self-service applications." By defining a Core Message Set, the NCIP Implementers Group has provided a simple roadmap needed for a basic implementation. The group believes that the NCIP Core Messages support the majority of the current functionality for resource sharing and self-service applications. Responding applications need only implement this set of messages, which reduces the effort needed to become NCIP compliant. Initiating applications may still use additional messages, but the definition of a core set of messages will increase interoperability and enable librarians to expect support for a common baseline workflow.
The messages in the core set are:- Accept Item
- Cancel Request Item
- Check In Item
- Check Out Item
- Lookup Item
- Lookup User
- Recall Item
- Renew Item
- Request Item
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Achieving Interoperability: Linking systems using the NCIP standard
LITA Forum
Friday, October 2, 2009
4:20 - 5:30 p.m.Attendees will learn what NCIP is, how it works, and how librarians can communicate with vendors to achieve the desired type of interoperability. Speakers include:
- Susan Campbell (CCLA)
- Ted Koppel (Auto-Graphics)
- Lynne Branch Browne (Innovative Interfaces, Inc.)
- Gail Wanner (SirsiDynix), NCIP Standing Committee Chair
- NCIP Self-Service Core Tasks
A draft document outlining the essential tasks a user might want to perform at a self-service circulation kiosk.
- CORE DCB Tasks
Draft revision, focusing on NCIP message transmission of brokered resource sharing.
EnvisionWare is the Maintenance Agency for NCIP. For more information, visit the maintenance site at http://ncip.envisionware.com or http://www.ncip.info. The 2008 revision was led by the maintenance agency in conjuction with the NCIP Implementors Group (NCIP IG), chaired by Candy Zemon (Polaris), who then stepped down from that role upon her retirement in December 2008. In 2009, Gail Wanner (SirsiDynix) was voted as new chair of the NCIP IG.