ACQflash: NISO Publishes CORE Protocol to Facilitate the Transfer of Cost and Related Financial Information Between ILS and ERMS

Subject: NISO Publishes CORE Protocol to Facilitate the Transfer of Cost 
and Related Financial Information Between ILS and ERMS
From: "Cynthia Hodgson" <chodgson_at_niso.org>
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 12:32:53 -0400



NISO is pleased to announce the publication of its latest Recommended 
Practice, CORE: Cost of Resource Exchange Protocol (NISO RP-10-2010). 
This Recommended Practice defines an XML schema to facilitate the 
exchange of financial information related to the acquisition of library 
resources between systems, such as an ILS and an ERMS.

CORE identifies a compact yet useful structure for query and delivery of 
relevant acquisitions data. "Sharing acquisitions information between 
systems has always been a difficult problem," said Ted Koppel, AGent 
Verso (ILS) Product Manager, Auto-Graphics, Inc. and co-chair of the 
CORE Working Group. "The rise of ERM systems made this problem even more 
acute. I'm glad that we, through the CORE Recommended Practice, have 
created a mechanism for data sharing, reuse, and delivery." Co-chair Ed 
Riding, Catalog Program Manager at the LDS Church History Library, 
added, "The CORE Recommended Practice provides a solution for libraries 
attempting to avoid duplicate entry and for systems developers intent on 
not reinventing the wheel. I look forward to the development of systems 
that can easily pull cost information from one another and believe CORE 
can help facilitate that."

CORE was originally intended for publication as a NISO standard. 
However, following a draft period of trial use that ended March 2010, 
the CORE Working Group and NISO's Business Information Topic Committee 
voted to approve the document as a Recommended Practice. This decision 
was in part based on the lack of uptake during the trial period as a 
result of recent economic conditions, and was motivated by the high 
interest in having CORE available for both current and future 
development as demand for the exchange of cost information increases. 
Making the CORE protocol available as a Recommended Practice allows ILS 
and ERM vendors, subscription agents, open-source providers, and other 
system developers to now implement the XML framework for exchanging cost 
information between systems. "I am pleased that CORE is now available 
for systems developers to begin using in order to facilitate the 
exchange of cost information between systems in a library environment," 
commented Todd Carpenter, NISO's Managing Director.

A standing committee has been created to monitor the uptake of the 
Recommended Practice, provide support and outreach on the protocol, and 
conduct an annual review of the document with the aim of making future 
recommendation for re-release as a standard publication.

Anyone interested in implementing the CORE Recommended Practice, joining 
the standing committee, or in receiving additional information should 
contact NISO at nisohq_at_niso.org.

Resources??
CORE Recommended Practice: http://www.niso.org/publications/rp/#core?
CORE Home: http://www.niso.org/workrooms/core/?
CORE Interest Group Discussion List: http://www.niso.org/lists/coreinfo/
Business Information Topic Committee: http://www.niso.org/topics/businfo/


Cynthia Hodgson
NISO Technical Editor Consultant
National Information Standards Organization
Email: chodgson_at_niso.org
Phone: 301-654-2512


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