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ONIX. Serials Standards Update Forum ONIX for Serials Kathy Klemperer EDItEUR ALA, New Orleans, June 25, 2006. ONIX for Serials . What is ONIX for Serials? Background Process (JWP) Formats and status Expected deliverables Ongoing activities Changes in JWP administration
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ONIX Serials Standards Update Forum ONIX for Serials Kathy Klemperer EDItEUR ALA, New Orleans, June 25, 2006
ONIX for Serials • What is ONIX for Serials? • Background • Process (JWP) • Formats and status • Expected deliverables • Ongoing activities • Changes in JWP administration • Contacts & resources
What is ONIX for Serials? “a family of XML formats for communicating information about serial products and subscription information”
Background • 1999- ONIX for Books success • 2002 Editeur sample formats • 2002 NISO White Paper • 2002- NISO/Editeur JWP • 2003- Development of formats
Process (JWP) • Business cases • Format subgroups • Pilots & publication • Early attention to underlying concepts: • Definitions (subscription product, work, manifestation, hosted collection…) • Identifiers for the above, and for parties too
Formats and status • SOH (online holdings) • SPS (products and subscriptions) • SRN (release notification) • [Coverage statement] • [Article-level SRN] • [ONIX for license terms]
SOH – Serials Online Holdings • Conveys holdings information from suppliers or intermediaries to subscribing organizations. • Two messages (by host, by title) • Piloting of version 1 complete • Version 1.0 in production (Sept 2005) • Currently in use
SPS – Serials products and subscriptions • Conveys information about subscription products, optionally with prices, subscription info (4 messages) • Version 0.91 published (April 2006) • Pilots announced, not completed
SRN – Serials Release Notification • Conveys information about the publication or electronic availability of serial releases • Version 0.91 published (April 2006) • Pilots announced, not completed
Article-level SRN • Will include article metadata for serial releases • Currently in development with some business partners • Pilot projects needed • Not yet published
Coverage statement • A structure to express detailed enumeration and chronology for holdings or coverage of serial versions • Draft version awaiting review, not yet published • Will be incorporated into SOH & SPS
ONIX for license terms • Supports the communication of license terms from one party to another • Suitable for loading into an ERMS and other uses • Currently in development and review; in conjunction with DLF/ERMI. LEWG. • Mapping to/from ERMI list of terms • Tools for producing & reading OLT format
Expected deliverables For each format: • XML Schema • Outline specification (overview) • Detailed user guide For ONIX for Serials in general: • ONIX for Serials Glossary • ONIX code lists (eye-readable)
Ongoing activities • Completion of documentation • Completion of piloting! (SPS & SRN) • Revisions based on pilot experiences • and publication of version 1.0 • SRN article-level format
Changes in JWP administration • JWP itself now replaced by steering committee, chaired by Brian Green (director of EDItEUR) • Format teams now inactive, except SRN • Communication now takes place on 2 lists: info & implementers
Contacts & information • www.editeur.org/onixserials.html • Mailing list instructions found at bottom of web page • www.editeur.org/onix_licensing.html • www.niso.org • Brian Green (brian@bic.org.uk)