This standard defines a set of metadata elements for raster digital images to enable users to develop, exchange, and interpret digital image files. The dictionary has been designed to facilitate...
The OpenURL Framework Standard defines an architecture for creating OpenURL Framework Applications. An OpenURL Framework Application is a networked service environment, in which packages of information are transported over a...
This standard specifies the use of ANSI/NISO Z39.50-2003 in library applications. It specifies Z39.50 client and Z39.50 server behavior for search and retrieval across online library catalogs. The specifications included...
This standard defines an automated request and response model for the harvesting of electronic resource usage data utilizing a Web services framework that can replace the user-mediated collection of usage...
The Journal Article Tag Suite provides a common XML format in which publishers and archives can exchange journal content. The JATS provides a set of XML elements and attributes for...
JATS: Journal Article Tag Suite, version 1.2 Abstract: The Journal Article Tag Suite provides a common XML format in which publishers and archives can exchange journal content. The JATS provides...
This ResourceSync specification describes a synchronization framework for the web consisting of various capabilities that allow third-party systems to remain synchronized with a server’s evolving resources. The capabilities may be...
Describes the technical specifications and materials specifications for first-time hardcover binding of serials publications and paperbound books for library use, and rebinding of hardcover books and serials intended for library...
A report from the NISO Open Discovery Initiative Standing Committee . Authors: Scott Bernier, EBSCO Information Services; Noah Brubaker, PALNI; Rachel Kessler, ProQuest; Geoffrey Morse, Northwestern University; Ken Varnum, University...
This publication is the outcome of the NISO Electronic Resource Management (ERM) Data Standards and Best Practices Project, a successor to the Digital Library Federation’s Electronic Resources Management Initiative (ERMI)....
This guide presents an overview of evolving conventions in publishing and related initiatives designed to standardize how metadata is structured and disseminated online.
NISO’s set of consensus principles for the library, content-provider and software-provider communities addresses privacy issues related to the use of library and library-related systems. This set of principles focuses on...
The inaugural NISO Plus conference took place in Baltimore, MD on February 23-25, 2020. Following the merger of NFAIS and NISO in 2019, our goal was to combine the thought...
CORE defines an XML schema to facilitate the exchange of financial information related to the acquisition of library resources between systems. The two systems may be within the same organization,...
ESPReSSO explores practical solutions for improving the success of single sign-on (SSO) authentication technologies for providing a seamless experience for the user and makes recommendations for promoting the adoption of...
The purpose of this document is to recommend practices about the physical movement of items during the delivery of the items to the requesting library and their return to the...
Defines a practical implementation structure to be used in the creation of reports and services related to harvesting COUNTER reports using the NISO SUSHI Protocol.
These recommended practices are intended to help the scholarly publishing community develop a more standardized approach to publishing what has become known as Supplemental Materials for Journal Articles in a...
This Recommended Practice was developed in order to provide guidance on the presentation of e-journals--particularly in the areas of title presentation, accurate use of ISSN, and citation practices--to publishers and...
This Recommended Practice describes the work done by the NISO Institutional Identifier (I²) Working Group to define the requirements for a standard identifier for institutional identification in the supply chain....
THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED by NISO RP-19-2020, Open Discovery Initiative: Promoting Transparency in Discovery , published in June 2020. Open Discovery Initiative Standing Committee web pages
Approved June 22, 2020. NISO constituted a new Open Discovery Initiative Standing Committee following the approval of the ODI Recommended Practice. This standing committee has worked to facilitate the adoption...
Demand driven acquisition (DDA), also referred to as patron-driven acquisition, is a method used by libraries for collection development where monographs are purchased at their point of need when selected...
