CDL: NISO standards development availability expanded

From: John P. Abbott <AbbottJP_at_appstate.edu>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 13:38:53 -0400
To: colldv-l_at_usc.edu
From: "Cynthia Hodgson" <chodgson_at_niso.org>

NISO Announces New Registration Process

Bethesda, Md., USA (August 5, 2003) - The National Information 
Standards Organization (NISO) is expanding its standards development 
program by offering a new Registration Process. The Registration 
Process is designed to make specifications and guidelines developed 
outside the formal consensus process available to a larger community 
of potential implementers. The NISO Registration Process provides a 
light-weight review and accreditation that will help those developing 
specifications in evolving information services secure acceptance and 
recognition among a larger community of potential implementers.

The Registration process complements NISO's traditional consensus 
based standards development process that is consistent with ANSI 
requirements for development and maintenance of American National 
Standards.   Details on the Registration Process and the Registration 
Application form are on the NISO website at this url: 
http://www.niso.org/registration/registration.html


Cynthia Hodgson
National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
4733 Bethesda Avenue, Suite 300
Bethesda, MD  20814-5248
T. 301-654-2512, F. 301-654-1721
www.niso.org
Received on Mon Aug 25 2003 - 20:14:35 EDT