From: "Ross Singer" <[log in to unmask]>
> Well, it's not a great example, because I don't have a
> 'counter-example', but I think it will remain to be seen if ISO 20775
> goes anywhere if it, too, remains behind a pay wall.  If an open spec
> were to come along that allowed the transfer of holdings and
> availability information that was decent and simple it would basically
> render ISO 20775 irrelevant (if the pay wall doesn't already).

Ross, if you're talking about the ISO 20775 xml schema:
http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso20775/ISOholdings_V1.0.xsd

It's free. 

--Ray