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I'd encourage people to check out the ONIX Serial Holdings format too, when looking at all that is available for structured reprsentation of serial holdings specifically. It's a newly released standard. Reviewing it myself, I was quite impressed with it's flexibility combined with elegance/ease of use. Does the job of expressing what parts of a particular serial are held, although doesn't necessarily do other parts of the job that a library control system would need. But this part is what I, as a developer writing discovery systems, need most and fail to get from current systems. Jonathan Costakos,Chuck wrote: > Emily, > > My colleague from OCLC, Janifer Gatenby ([log in to unmask]) asked > me to pass along a link to her paper at ILDS in Singapore, "New > standards for resource delivery: bridging the gap between discovery and > delivery." The link to it is: > > http://www.nlbconference.com/ilds/plenary4B.htm > > She also reports that an XML version of the schema will soon be > available on the Library of Congress web page at: > > http://www.loc.gov/isohold/ > > Janifer says, "The standard is far from complicated. It much simplifies > the previous Z39.50 holdings schema. Hopefully the diagrams in my > presentation will help." > > You can contact Janifer directly at the email address shown above. > > Best regards, > Chuck Costakos > OCLC > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Emily Lynema > Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 9:47 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [CODE4LIB] [Fwd: z39.50 holdings schema] > > Wow, I've never sent a message accidentally when trying to copy-paste > before. It must be a Monday morning. > > I meant to include the URL to just about the only (promising-sounding) > snippet of information I've found about the ISO Holdings Schema: > > http://www.oclcpica.org/dasat/index.php?cid=100867&conid=102196 > > -emily > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: z39.50 holdings schema > Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:41:53 -0500 > From: Emily Lynema <[log in to unmask]> > Reply-To: [log in to unmask] > Organization: NCSU Libraries > To: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]> > > Anybody in this group have any experience using / implementing the > z39.50 holdings schema? > > http://www.loc.gov/z3950/agency/defns/holdings1-4.html > > As part of the DLF ILS Discovery Interface Task Force, we are looking > for a good schema to define holdings and item-related information (such > as circulation status). While MARCXML is always an option for MARC > holdings, I have the sense (aka, I know) that not all institutions / > ILSs create MARC holdings for all records. So it would be nice to have a > schema into which it would be easy to translate either a MARC holdings > record or just local holdings stored in some other way + circulation > information. > > The rumor on the street is that z39.50 holdings schema is too complex > and has never really been used. Anyone want to confirm or deny? > > I'm also interested in the up and coming ISO Holdings Schema (ISO 20775) > that it sounds like has been motivated along by OCLC-PICA. But I don't > have much information on that, so I'd be interested in hearing from > anyone who knows more about that one, as well. > > > Thanks, > -emily > -- > Emily Lynema > Systems Librarian for Digital Projects > Information Technology, NCSU Libraries > 919-513-8031 > [log in to unmask] > > > -- > Emily Lynema > Systems Librarian for Digital Projects > Information Technology, NCSU Libraries > 919-513-8031 > [log in to unmask] > > -- Jonathan Rochkind Digital Services Software Engineer The Sheridan Libraries Johns Hopkins University 410.516.8886 rochkind (at) jhu.edu