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Additional Announcements from NISO

September 14th, 2009 by Diane Hillmann

We have two new announcements from Cindy Hepfer, ALA Voting Representative to NISO. These too also have fairly short deadlines (though not as short as the last group, thankfully).
1. ISO/FDIS 16245, Boxes, file covers and other enclosures, made from cellulosic materials, for storage. This ballot is for the final draft standard, described thusly:
“This International [...]

New ISO Working Group needs expertise

September 14th, 2009 by Diane Hillmann

Cindy Hepfer, the ALA Voting Representative to NISO has passed on to us information on the establishment of a new working group, ISO/TC 46/SC 8/WG 9 “Statistics and quality issues for web archiving,” for which ISO is looking for participants.
Call for experts document available from:
http://www.niso.org/apps/org/workgroup/tc46sc8interest/download.php/2772/N274_Information_on_the_establishment_of_a_new.pdf
Original project description and justification available from:
http://www.niso.org/apps/org/workgroup/tc46ballots/members/standards/new160/manage/modify_document.php
Cindy notes: “If anyone [...]

Standards announcements–short deadlines

September 11th, 2009 by Diane Hillmann

The following are a group of fairly short (or very short) deadline announcements from
Cindy Hepfer, ALA’s Voting Representative to NISO. The fault for the delay in getting these out is mine, not hers!
1. New Work Item: ISO/WD 32000-2, Document management — Portable document format: Part 2: PDF 2.0. This is a liaison ballot from TC171/SC2 [...]

A Plethora of Standards News

August 18th, 2009 by Diane Hillmann

Our ALA Voting Representative to NISO, Cindy Hepfer, has passed on a number of notices to LITA members, and in order to bring them quickly to your attention, I’m going to be briefer than usual. The first group is for upcoming ISO ballots:
1. Systematic Review ISO 21127:2006, a ballot for the published standard, [...]

Identifying libraries

July 20th, 2009 by Diane Hillmann

Our ever-alert ALA Representative to NISO, Cindy Hepfer, has informed us that ISO/FDIS 15511, International Standard identifier for libraries and related organizations (ISIL) is now available for ballot.
From the ballot text;
“An ISIL identifies an organization, i.e. a library, an archive, a museum or a related organization, or one of its subordinate units, which is responsible [...]

Terminology work: principles and methods

June 15th, 2009 by Diane Hillmann

Cindy Hepfer, erstwhile ALA Voting representative to NISO, has forwarded to us for our attention a new ISO ballot: “ISO/FDIS, Terminology work: Principles and methods.”
The text of this ballot says in part:
“This is the third edition of the Standard that establishes the basic principles and methods for preparing and compiling terminologies both inside and outside [...]

Second Big Wave of Standards Reviews

April 26th, 2009 by Diane Hillmann

Busy Cindy Hepfer, ALA Voting representative to NISO, still in flood mode, has sent out another batch of standards reviews. To keep from passing this flood in its entirety onto the LITA Blog, I will again provide brief notes for each, indicating deadlines, where to get the standard for review, and any other critical [...]

Big Wave of Standards Reviews

April 26th, 2009 by Diane Hillmann

There’s lots going on in standards, and Cindy Hepfer, our ALA Voting representative to NISO, is working hard to keep up (with the rest of us puffing hard in her wake). The next few standards posts are going to be more compact than usual, so I can get the word out before inundation hits. [...]

US National Z39.50 Profile (Z39.89-2003)

April 14th, 2009 by Diane Hillmann

This post relates to ANSI/NISO Z39.50, but is specifically about Z39.89-2003, the US National Z39.50 Profile for Library Applications. The earlier post about Z39.50-2003 concerned the original standard, also up for review ballot. The profile standard can be downloaded from: http://www.niso.org/standards/z39-89-2003/.
Cindy Hepfer, the ALA Voting Representative to NISO notes: “In accordance with NISO’s Operating Procedures, [...]

SSO, Information retrieval, Terminology policies

March 30th, 2009 by Diane Hillmann

Ever-vigilant Cindy Hepfer, ALA Voting Representative to NISO, has forwarded an additional three items to us from NISO. The first is a proposed new work Item on Single Sign-On (SSO) Authentication. From the explanation provided by NISO:
“This year NISO has launched a new Chair’s Initiative–a project of the chair of NISO’s Board of Directors, [...]