KBART Update
Noah Levin
KBART Standing Committee Co-Chair
2021 ALA Conference
NISO Annual Meeting & Standards Update
Thursday, June 25th, 2021
What is KBART?
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Who is the KBART Standing Committee?
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Discovery/Delivery Landscape
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KBART Sample
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KBART History
2010 - KBART Phase I published (UKSG/NISO working group, 2007-2014)
● Improve data supplied to knowledge bases and link resolvers to improve OpenURL linking for
journals.
2014 - KBART Phase II published (NISO KBART Standing Committee, 2014-)
● Expands KBART to include e-books and conference proceedings, OA content, metadata for
consortia.
2019 - KBART Automation published
● Companion to KBART providing for automated transfer of institution-specific KBART-formatted
files from content providers to knowledge bases.
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KBART Phase III
1. Draft Phase III proposal
2. Seek approval from NISO Information Discovery & Interchange Topic Cmte.
3. Identify working areas and needed subgroups
4. Identify areas of expertise needed and recruit new members
5. Review/Outline Period
a. Research new recommendations with emphasis on what providers currently send and what KBs can
utilize
b. Subgroups to create outline of new recommendations
6. Complete initial draft
7. Circulation of draft for 30-day comment period
8. Marketing and education
9. Incorporate requests from public comments and complete final draft for publication
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Started in
March 2020
KBART Phase III Work Items
● Clarify Current Recommendations 😎
○ Simplified, but expanded information on the metadata fields needed
○ Better examples
○ Revised guidance on handling Gap Coverage, Title Changes and History, handling of Withdrawn/No longer
available titles
○ Added new “M” code for access_types with mixed Paid/Free content
● Endorsement Process
○ Create different levels of endorsement
● Additional Content Types
○ KBART Phase II only allows Monographs and Journals
○ Phase III will create support for
■ Textual (blogs, transcripts, websites, manuscripts, datasets, etc.)
■ Non-textual (audio, video, images, etc.)
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KBART Phase III Work Items
● Global Content
○ KBART Phase III will identify translations of items or and allow representation of author names or titles in
multiple languages.
● File Guide 😎
○ Content providers have an extensive catalog of content for sale (by content type, subject, geographic region,
consortium, etc.) This results in a separate KBART file for each offering.
○ The File guide introduced in KBART Phase III creates a document from content providers that serves as a
guide to their files. This will reduce confusion amongst Libraries and Discovery Services as files are added,
removed or changed
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KBART Phase III Work Items
● Create new licensing language
● Investigate new format options
○ Create a road map for future usage of format options for KBART: for example JSON, XML.
○ These other formats would not replace the current delimited text, but would offer other options
○ This creates flexibility for KBART Automation and API’s
● Article/chapter-level data
○ Create a roadmap for future Article/chapter-level data
○ Allows content providers to sell content on Article/Chapter level
○ Will allow Hybrid OA listings
● KBART Mission Statement 😎
○ Allow for current KBART usage and KBART Automation
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KBART Validator Tool
● Not KBART Phase III, but coming soon…
● A Validator Tool that you can run on your KBART files
● Easily see where your KBART files are not compliant
○ Will point you to the relevant part of the KBART Recommended Practice when there is an issue
○ Gives you a better idea of what work needs to be done for KBART endorsement
KBART: How can you be involved?
Contact us by email: kbart@niso.org
Join the interest group mailing list: https://groups.niso.org/lists/kbart_interest/
Respond to the KBART Phase III draft during the public feedback period.
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Levin "KBART Update"

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    KBART Update Noah Levin KBARTStanding Committee Co-Chair 2021 ALA Conference NISO Annual Meeting & Standards Update Thursday, June 25th, 2021
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    Who is theKBART Standing Committee? 3
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    KBART History 2010 -KBART Phase I published (UKSG/NISO working group, 2007-2014) ● Improve data supplied to knowledge bases and link resolvers to improve OpenURL linking for journals. 2014 - KBART Phase II published (NISO KBART Standing Committee, 2014-) ● Expands KBART to include e-books and conference proceedings, OA content, metadata for consortia. 2019 - KBART Automation published ● Companion to KBART providing for automated transfer of institution-specific KBART-formatted files from content providers to knowledge bases. 6
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    KBART Phase III 1.Draft Phase III proposal 2. Seek approval from NISO Information Discovery & Interchange Topic Cmte. 3. Identify working areas and needed subgroups 4. Identify areas of expertise needed and recruit new members 5. Review/Outline Period a. Research new recommendations with emphasis on what providers currently send and what KBs can utilize b. Subgroups to create outline of new recommendations 6. Complete initial draft 7. Circulation of draft for 30-day comment period 8. Marketing and education 9. Incorporate requests from public comments and complete final draft for publication 7 Started in March 2020
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    KBART Phase IIIWork Items ● Clarify Current Recommendations 😎 ○ Simplified, but expanded information on the metadata fields needed ○ Better examples ○ Revised guidance on handling Gap Coverage, Title Changes and History, handling of Withdrawn/No longer available titles ○ Added new “M” code for access_types with mixed Paid/Free content ● Endorsement Process ○ Create different levels of endorsement ● Additional Content Types ○ KBART Phase II only allows Monographs and Journals ○ Phase III will create support for ■ Textual (blogs, transcripts, websites, manuscripts, datasets, etc.) ■ Non-textual (audio, video, images, etc.) 8
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    KBART Phase IIIWork Items ● Global Content ○ KBART Phase III will identify translations of items or and allow representation of author names or titles in multiple languages. ● File Guide 😎 ○ Content providers have an extensive catalog of content for sale (by content type, subject, geographic region, consortium, etc.) This results in a separate KBART file for each offering. ○ The File guide introduced in KBART Phase III creates a document from content providers that serves as a guide to their files. This will reduce confusion amongst Libraries and Discovery Services as files are added, removed or changed 9
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    KBART Phase IIIWork Items ● Create new licensing language ● Investigate new format options ○ Create a road map for future usage of format options for KBART: for example JSON, XML. ○ These other formats would not replace the current delimited text, but would offer other options ○ This creates flexibility for KBART Automation and API’s ● Article/chapter-level data ○ Create a roadmap for future Article/chapter-level data ○ Allows content providers to sell content on Article/Chapter level ○ Will allow Hybrid OA listings ● KBART Mission Statement 😎 ○ Allow for current KBART usage and KBART Automation 10
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    KBART Validator Tool ●Not KBART Phase III, but coming soon… ● A Validator Tool that you can run on your KBART files ● Easily see where your KBART files are not compliant ○ Will point you to the relevant part of the KBART Recommended Practice when there is an issue ○ Gives you a better idea of what work needs to be done for KBART endorsement
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    KBART: How canyou be involved? Contact us by email: [email protected] Join the interest group mailing list: https://groups.niso.org/lists/kbart_interest/ Respond to the KBART Phase III draft during the public feedback period. 12