The World Wants Interoperability: NISO & Community Driven Standards
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The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) is a non-profit trade association focused on developing and maintaining standards for information and documentation. NISO engages various stakeholders, including libraries, publishers, and technology providers, to ensure interoperability and best practices within the digital resource community. Their efforts include fostering the adoption of standards, education, and transparency in the standard development process.
![What About NISO Compliance?
• NISO does nor formally measure compliance/create scores – all standards and
recommended practices are voluntary [not regulatory]
• Some NISO Standing Committees maintain Registries
• ODI
• KBART
• SUSHI
• Other compliance-related activities
• Circulate surveys
• Education sessions
• Include adherence to standards in RFPs
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The World Wants Interoperability: NISO & Community Driven Standards
- 1. The World Wants Interoperability: NISO and Community-Driven Standards CHINA-U.S. FORUM ON STANDARDS FOR DIGITAL RESOURCES WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 19, 2018 NETTIE LAGACE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR PROGRAMS, NATIONAL INFORMATION STANDARDS ORGANIZATION [email protected] / @ABUGSEYE
- 2. About NISO Non-profit industry trade association accredited by ANSI with 150+ members Mission of developing and maintaining standards related to information, documentation, discovery and distribution of published materials and media Represent U.S. interests to ISO TC 46 (Information and Documentation) and also serve as Secretariat for ISO TC46/SC9 (Identification and Description). New in 2017: TAG for ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34 - Document description and processing languages Responsible for standards such as ISSN, DOI, Dublin Core metadata, DAISY digital talking books, OpenURL, SIP, NCIP, MARC records and ISBN (indirectly) Volunteer-driven organization: 400+ across the world 2
- 4. NISO’s Make-Up 33% Library Systems Suppliers, Publishing Vendors & Intermediaries 33% Libraries/Library Organizations 130 LSA Members (non-voting) 35% Publishers/ Publishing Organizations ANSI Other SDOs ISO
- 5. NISO… • Creates, publishes and maintains standards and best practices • Fosters adoption of existing standards • Educates the community on technology-related issues • Incubates thought leadership activities to advance technology 5
- 6. Standards for Community Practice Standards can be used to: • Make sure things work together • Ensure things are done the same way • Help people understand what/how to do something • Understand what consumers/users are getting • Build trust among suppliers and customers and users
- 7. NISO Areas of Work & Example Projects Information Creation & Curation Topic Committee ◦ JATS and STS ◦ E-Book Metadata Working Group ◦ Z39.19, Z39.29 Information Policy & Assessment Topic Committee ◦ SERU ◦ Transfer ◦ Altmetrics Initiative Information Discovery & Interchange Topic Committee ◦ Open Discovery Initiative ◦ KBART ◦ Access & License Indicators
- 8. Definitions and Principles Balance: no single interest category constitutes a majority of the membership / voting pool / working group: producer, user, general interest 8 Recommended PracticeStandard Consensus: respond to all comments and make efforts to resolve negative votes, even if proposal is approved Open process: allowing members and the community to have confidence in NISO standards.
- 9. NISO Standards Development Principles Transparency & Openness Broad consensus Balance / Lack of Dominance Notification of Standards Development Coordination & Harmonization Consideration of views Appeals Written Procedures Govern
- 10. NISO Working Group Process NISO Approval Working Group formed Scope & determine deliverables Gather input Produce draft output Public review Respond & Modify Publish final version Market/Educate Maintain & Update
- 11. Marketing for Better Uptake NISO Standing Committees ◦ Formed following publication of Document ◦ Same balance of Stakeholders ◦ Responsible for ◦ Awareness ◦ Support ◦ Education ◦ Determinate when Recommended Practice/Standard should be updated
- 13. What About NISO Compliance? • NISO does nor formally measure compliance/create scores – all standards and recommended practices are voluntary [not regulatory] • Some NISO Standing Committees maintain Registries • ODI • KBART • SUSHI • Other compliance-related activities • Circulate surveys • Education sessions • Include adherence to standards in RFPs • Good Citizen
- 14. For regular updates from NISO
- 15. Standards do the Heavy Lifting!