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ALA Annual Conference 2012 Mike Dicus & Rob Walsh. NCIP and SIP. NISO Update. Background. NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol (NCIP) ANSI/NISO Z39.83 First version in 2002 Recent version approved in 2008 Now operates under ‘continuous maintenance’
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ALA Annual Conference 2012 Mike Dicus & Rob Walsh NCIP and SIP NISO Update
Background • NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol (NCIP) • ANSI/NISO Z39.83 • First version in 2002 • Recent version approved in 2008 • Now operates under ‘continuous maintenance’ • Maintenance agency is EnvisionWare, Inc. • http://www.ncip.info for more information
NCIP Standing Committee (SC) Purpose is to facilitate communication among implementers and generally promote use of the NCIP standard • 3M • Auto-Graphics • Borrow Direct • College Center for Library Automation • EnvisionWare, Inc. • Ex Libris (USA), Inc. • eXtensible Catalog (XC) • Innovative Interfaces, Inc. • OCLC, Inc. • Polaris Library Systems • RapidRadio • Relais International, Inc. • SirsiDynix • The Library Corporation • VTLS, Inc.
Recent Activities • Defined “Core” messages for resource sharing and self-service • Created Implementer Registry • Published “Introduction to NCIP” • Revised guidelines for RFP writers re: NCIP • Continuously review recommendations for changes to the standard
NCIP Implementer Registry • Purpose is to view and compare NCIP services supported by various implementers • Information is self-reported • Focuses on “Core” messages • Publicly available • http://ncip.dev3.webenabled.net/
Implementations • Lots of implementation activities • Most vendors report recent & ongoing activity • Some projects involve 3 or more vendors • Seeing new uses for NCIP • Sometimes requires only a single NCIP service • Usually involves messages from the “Core” message set
Revisions of the Standard • ANSI/NISO z39.83 – 201x, version 2.02 • Currently at ballot • Ballot closes June 27, 2012 • Next round of changes considered at the in-person meeting in late 2012
Future Plans • Continuous maintenance of the standard • Promote implementations • Expand participation in the NCIP SC • Discuss relationship to/overlap with SIP
SIP Work Item NISO Update
Background • SIP = Standard Interchange Protocol • Communications protocol first published by 3M in the late 1990s • Primarily used to connect self-service circulation kiosks to integrated library systems • Version 3 published in January 2012
History • 3M approached NISO in January about transitioning SIP to NISO • New Work Item proposal was submitted; approved in mid April • Press release issued in early June • Working group is now forming
Goal • From the work item proposal: • “the goal of this work item is to take the currently existing SIP version 3.0 and shepherd it through the NISO standardization process”
Possible Outcomes • SIP published as Draft Standard for trial use with no or only minor changes • Recommendations for significant revisions before SIP can be published as a NISO standard • Recommendation that SIP should not be published as a NISO standard
Future • Working group will form under the Discovery to Delivery Topic Committee • Participants will be representatives of: • ILS vendors world-wide • Organizations that develop library applications and devices that communicate with the ILS • Librarians interested in interoperability between the ILS and 3rd party systems • Anyone interested in being part of the working group should contact NISO
Expected Timeline Note: This timeline is tentative. One of the first tasks for the working group will be to refine its charge and establish a realistic timeline for completion.