NISO Webinar on ONIX for Publications Licenses (ONIX-PL) -- Septem=

[Cynthia Hodgson <chodgson@niso.org>]

NISO will be offering a webinar on September 10, 2008 from 1:00 -
2:30 p.m. (eastern time) on ONIX for Publications Licenses
(ONIX-PL).

*Description:*

ONIX for Publications Licenses is a family of standard XML
messaging protocols for exchanging licensing information that
builds on the work of the Digital Libraries Federation Electronic
Resource Management Initiative (ERMI) and NISO's License
Expression Working Group (LEWG).

NISO's License Expression Working Group (LEWG), begun in 2005,
initially focused on understanding the differences and mapping
the data elements between the ERMI and the ONIX approaches to
licensing information. Since then, much progress has been made
and these two areas have become more clearly and distinctly
defined. The ONIX-PL standard, developed to meet the needs of
librarians and publishers on both sides of the Atlantic, is now
nearing its pilot phase and we are poised to begin awareness
raising campaigns. As a result, in mid-2008 NISO restructured the
LEWG, replacing it with a new Working Group to focus specifically
on development of the ONIX license messaging specification, and a
second, short-term sub-committee of the Business Information
Topic Committee that is tasked with conducting a survey of the
current and emerging place of "ERMI", thus defined within the
broader ERM landscape, to better determine how vendors are
implementing the ERMI data dictionary and related documents and
how libraries are making use of these systems and services.

Alicia Wise will be assuming the role of Chair for the ONIX-PL
Working Group, while Ivy Anderson and Tim Jewell are spearheading
the creation and direction of the subcommittee that will be
surveying re ERMI and the broader ERM landscape.

This webinar will discuss the progress that has been made with
the ONIX-PL standard, new implementations of the standard, and
what you need to know about how this might benefit and impact
your organization.

*Intended Audience:*

This webinar is for librarians, publishers, and content providers
who are interested in how to express licenses in a
machine-readable format, load them into electronic resource
management systems, link them to digital resources, and
communicate key usage terms to users.

*Speakers*

* Alicia Wise, Chief Executive, Publishers Licensing Society
(PLS) and Chair, NISO ONIX-PL Working Group

* Second Speaker to be named shortly -- check the event website.

*Information and Registration*

Please visit the event website
(http://www.niso.org/news/events/2008/webinars/onixpl/) for more
information and to register. ALCTS members may register at the NISO
member rate.

This is the third webinar in the series on Demystifying
Standards. The slides and Q&A from the introductory webinar are
available online
(http://www.niso.org/news/events/2008/webinars/alcts08/) for
those who wish to review them. The second webinar, OpenURL: Link
Resolution That Users Will Love
(http://www.niso.org/news/events/2008/webinars/openurl/), will be
held August 21, 2008 from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. (eastern time);
registration is open until noon on August 21.

Note: This announcement was cross-posted.

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