AJL Members, I'm forwarding you this message as the AJL NISO representative. If you are interested in this topic, please send comments to me before November 7th.
Thanks. Caroline Caroline R. Miller Head, Monographic Cataloging and Authority Sections UCLA Library Cataloging Center Young Research Library [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------ Forwarded Message ------------ Date: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 7:16 PM -0400 From: Pat Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: NISO Voting Members <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Networked Reference Protocol--Now Out-For-Review Networked Reference Service Protocol Now Out-For-Review NISO invites you to participate in the review the draft documents that will form the basis for the for the networked reference service protocol being developed by NISO Standards Committee AZ. The documents are at this url: http://www.loc.gov/standards/netref The review period closes: November 7, 2003. Background The Committee was formed in 2002 to define communications protocols that would enable interchange of messages between different networked reference domains. Using this protocol will enable questions that can not be answered within a service domain using a particular reference system product to be forwarded to another domain for response. The Committee has developed an extensive set of use cases from which a functional model and protocol specification have been derived. The Question/Answer Transaction Protocol documents include: Overview - Describes the goals, audiences, and anticipated uses and benefits for these various audiences. Use Cases - Descriptions of the many activities and specialized capabilities needed in the protocol, from a user perspective. Functional Model - Model of the Use Cases that the protocol is required to support. Protocol Specification - Specification of a set of rules for communication between two systems to carry out the activities identified in the Functional Model. Your questions and comments are welcome and should be sent to the committee at this email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Next Steps: Simultaneous with this review a Committee AZ subgroup is testing various aspects of the protocol with the goal to explore issues and, in particular, to better identify metadata requirements. The Committee plans to follow the Public Review and testing with revision of the protocol, after which an XML schema for the protocol will be developed and a Trial Use period will be set. Congratulations to Standards Committee AZ for reaching this first major milestone. Members of the Committee include: Sally McCallum, Committee Chair (Library of Congress) Michelle Cadoree (Library of Congress) Ray Denenberg (Library of Congress) Donna Dinberg (National Library of Canada) Cary Gordon (The Cherry Hill Company) David Lankes (Syracuse University) Michael McClennen (Internet Public Library) Mary Parker (Minitex) Jeff Penka (OCLC) Michael Teets (OCLC) Rebecca Guenther (Library of Congress), SDC liaison -- ************************************ Pat Harris Executive Director National Information Standards Organization (NISO) 4733 Bethesda Avenue, Suite 300 Bethesda, MD 20814 USA T: 301-654-2512 ** Mobile: 202-258-3296 Fax: 301-654-1721 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] url: http://www.niso.org ---------- End Forwarded Message ---------- ========================================================================== HaSafran - The Electronic Forum of the Association of Jewish Libraries Submissions for HaSafran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org/
