OSI for Libraries: Standards to Services (1992)

*UDT Series on Data Communication Technologies and Standards for Libraries* OSI for Libraries: Standards to Services (1992) Fay Turner National Library of Canada Paula Tallim National Library of Canada Johan C. Zeeman Software Kinetics Limited Ordering Information TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION WHAT IS OSI? 2.1 The OSI Basic Reference Model 2.2 OSI Terminology 2.3 Bibliographic OSI Standards 2.4 Generic Protocols File Transfer (FTAM) Message Handling System (X.400) Directory Service (X.500 2.5 Benefits of Using OSI Application Standards for Libraries 2.6 OSI Standardization FUNCTIONAL STANDARDS 3.1 Profiles 3.2 International Standardized Profiles 3.3 Profiles for Bibliographic Applications 3.4 Supranational and national profile definition 3.5 Government Procurement Standards CONFORMANCE TESTING 4.1 Basic Principles 4.1.1 Development Testing 4.1.2 Conformance Testing 4.1.3 Interoperability Testing 4.1.4 Arbitration Testing 4.2 Bibliographic Protocol Testing TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPTIONS 5.1 OSI Telecommunications 5.2 TCP/IP Telecommunications 5.3 Comparing OSI and TCP/IP BRIDGING THE TECHNOLOGIES 6.1 TCP/IP vs. OSI: Is it an issue? 6.2 Bridging Mechanisms 6.3 Implications for Libraries ORGANIZING FOR OSI PRODUCTS AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES 8.1 The Linked Systems Project 8.1.1 National Coordinated Cataloguing Operations (NACO) 8.1.2 National Coordinated Cataloguing Program (NCCP) 8.2 Z39.50 Implementors' Group 8.3 ILL Protocol Implementation Program 8.4 SR Kernel Software Project 8.5 Nordic SR-NET 8.6 German OSI Projects 8.6.1 Acquisitions 8.6.2 Linking information and bibliographic databases 8.7 OSI Interlending Network (ION) Project 8.8 The Interlibrary Loan Internationsl Access Demonstration (ILIAD) Project ROLE OF THE CHAMPION EDUCATION, PROMOTION GETTING STARTED CONCLUSION References, related materials and standards Appendix A: Glossary of OSI Terminology Appendix B: List of Acronyms ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Funding for this study was provided by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) as part of the 1990 Work Plan of the Universal Dataflow and Telecommunications Core Programme. The authors would like to express their appreciation to Leigh Swain, UDT Programme Director, for his overall direction of the study and to Gary Cleveland, National Library of Canada for his editorial support. The support of the National Library of Canada is also gratefully acknowledged. The contributions of J.C. Zeeman were prepared under a contractual agreement between the IFLA UDT Core Programme and Software Kinetics, Ltd., Stittsville, Ontario. Fay Turner National Library of Canada Paula Tallim National Library of Canada Johan C. Zeeman Software Kinetics Limited


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