Tim,
I'm curious why you'd say it was premature. Yes, the exact
specifications for the agreed-upon functions are currently the subject
of hot debate and disagreement. However, this announcement specifies
exactly what vendors agreed to back on March 6, however vaguely defined
it was at that moment in time.
-emily
>
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>
> Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:22:18 -0400
> From: Tim McGeary <tmm8_at_LEHIGH.EDU>
> Subject: Re: Fwd: DLF and vendors announce accord
>
> Seems a bit premature from what I've been hearing and reading elsewhere.
>
> Tim McGeary
> Senior Systems Specialist
> Lehigh University
> 610-758-4998
> tim.mcgeary_at_lehigh.edu
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>
> Steven Harris wrote:
>> Anybody else see this announcement? Interesting...
>>
>> --Steven Harris
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> The DLF, and major vendors and application developers in the library
>> software marketplace, have announced a major agreement to develop
>> standardized, interoperable interfaces for basic operations supporting
>> search and retrieval of bibliographic items.
>>
>> Standardized interfaces that work across different ILSs make it easier for
>> libraries to add new applications, both open-source and vendor- supplied,
>> that advance their customers' needs. Libraries seek interfaces that allow
>> ILS data to be aggregated for indexing and search, that allow real-time
>> search and query of ILS data, that support customer information and borrower
>> services, and that allow embedding and interaction between OPACs and search
>> interfaces.
>>
>> The agreement has the support of the following vendors and
>> developers:
>>
>> # Talis
>> # Ex Libris
>> # LibLime
>> # BiblioCommons
>> # SirsiDynix
>> # Polaris Library Systems
>> # VTLS
>> # California Digital Library
>> # OCLC
>> # Serial Solutions / AquaBrowser
>>
>> The initial announcement is here:
>> http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/shimenawa.php/2008/04/04/ils_basic_discovery
>>
>> -------
>>
>> I want to credit the work of those most associated with this effort, the DLF
>> ILS Discovery Interface task force:
>>
>> * John Mark Ockerbloom, Univ. of Penn. (chair)
>> * Terry Reese, Oregon State Univ.
>> * Patricia Martin, California Digital Library
>> * Emily Lynema, North Carolina State Univ.
>> * Todd Grappone, Univ. of Southern California
>> * Dave Kennedy, Univ. of Maryland
>> * David Bucknum, Library of Congress
>> * Dianne McCutcheon, National Library of Medicine
>>
>> assisted by the following individuals:
>>
>> * Dale Flecker, Harvard Univ.
>> * Terry Ryan, UCLA
>> * Robert Wolven, Columbia Univ.
>> * Martin Kurth
>>
>
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> End of NGC4LIB Digest - 13 Apr 2008 to 14 Apr 2008 (#2008-79)
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