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This technical report provides rules for the alphabetical arrangement of headings in list of all kinds, such as bibliographies, indexes, dictionaries, directories, inventories, etc. It also covers the sorting of...
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The Networked Reference Services Question/Answer Transaction Protocol covers processing transactions for interchange of messages between digital reference domains. It defines a set of messages and associated rules of syntax and...
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Reviews some patent basics and then considers the following questions: What is an "open standard?" What are the policies of other standards setting organizations governing patented contributions to standards? And...
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Meeting the challenges of 21st century research require sound research data management. By carefully planning, documenting, and preserving data, the goals of having reproducible and transparent research data are far...
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Achieving a smooth platform migration requires effort from multiple parties. There are typically four major stakeholder groups involved when a publisher moves content from one hosting platform to another. 1)...
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Audio and video assets are growing in popularity and volume in the information arena. This Recommended Practice, targeted to producers and consumers of audiovisual content, establishes a vocabulary and guidelines...
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The white paper was commissioned by NISO and OCLC as a follow-up to the Symposium for Publishers and Librarians held by OCLC on March 18-19, 2009 to discuss book metadata...
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This 2002 study was undertaken: (1) to identify current and potential applications in which serials subscription data are exchanged, (2) to identify the formats currently in use for such exchange...
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Libraries have a strategic interest in the tools and technologies that facilitate the discovery of and access to the resources for the communities that they serve. These tools have seen...
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Understanding Metadata is a revision and expansion of Metadata Made Simpler: a guide for libraries published by NISO Press in 2001. NISO extends its thanks and appreciation to Rebecca Guenther...
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Metadata, the information we create, store, and share to describe things, allows us to interact with these things to obtain the knowledge we need. This primer by Jenn Riley of...
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Leaders in the development and implementation of Z39.50 report on where NISO's networking standard is headed and give their views on strengths and benefits of Z39.50. Also includes a summary...
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Eleven contributing authors each describe implementation experiences from a different user perspective. Originally published as NIST Special Publication 500-229.
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This primer is an overview of the Z39.50 standard. This guide explains what Z39.50 is and how it works, identifies the benefits of using Z39.50 implementations, offers a brief history...
