In Development or Revision
Listed below are the NISO working groups that are currently developing new or revised standards, recommended practices, or reports. refer to the NISO website (www.niso.org/workrooms/) and the Newsline quarterly supplements, Working Group Connection (www.niso.org/publications/newsline/), for updates on the working group activities.
DAISY Revision
NISO Z39.86-201x, Part A, Authoring and Interchange Framework
Co-chairs: Markus Gylling, George Kerscher
Finalizing for publication following the DSFTU period.
Digital Bookmarking and Annotation Sharing
Working group being formed.
ERM Data Standards & Best Practices Review
Co-chairs: Ivy Anderson, Tim Jewell
Technical report in development.
Institutional Identifiers (I²)
Co-chairs: Grace Agnew, Oliver Pesch
Recommended Practice regarding the use of the International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI) for institutional identifiers in development.
Improving OpenURLs through Analytics (IOTA)
Chair: Adam Chandler
Technical Report in development.
Knowledge Base and Related Tools (KBART) Phase II
Joint project with UKSG
Co-chairs: Andreas Biedenbach, Sarah Pearson
Phase II recommended Practice in development.
Open Discovery Initiative
Working group being formed.
Physical Delivery of Library Materials
Co-chairs: Valerie Horton, Diana Sachs-Silveira
NISO-RP-12-201x, Physical delivery of library materials
Finalizing for publication following the public comment period.
Presentation and Identification of e-Journals (PIE-J)
Co-chairs: Bob Boissy, Cindy Hepfer
Recommended Practice in development.
RFID for Library Applications Revision
Co-chairs: Vinod Chachra, Paul Sevcik
NISO RP-6-201x, RFID in U.S. Libraries
Finalizing for publication following the public comment period.
Shared Electronic Resource Understanding (SERU)
Co-chairs: Judy Luther, Selden Lamoureux, Karla Strieb
NISO RP-7-201x, Shared electronic Resource Understanding (SERU)
Revision to Recommended Practice in development.
Standardized Markup for Journal Articles
Co-chairs: Jeff Beck, B. Tommie Usdin
Z39.96-201x, JATS: Journal Article Tag Suite
Finalizing for publication following the DSFTU period.
SUSHI (Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative)
Standing committee Co-chairs: Oliver Pesch, Bob McMillan
NISO RP-14-201x, NISO SUSHI Protocol: COUNTER-SUSHI Implementation Profile to be issued for public comment from December 1, 2011–January 20, 2012.
Supplemental Journal Article Materials
Joint project with NFAIS
Co-chairs Business working group: Linda Beebe, Marie McVeigh
Co-chairs Technical Working Group: Dave Martinsen, Alexander (Sasha) Schwarzman
Recommended Practice in Development.
Z39.7 Standing Committee
Chair: Martha Kyrillidou
NISO Z39.7-201x, Information Services and Use: Metrics & Statistics for Libraries and Information Providers — Data Dictionary Revision in Development.