The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) announces the publication of its updated ANSI/NISO Z39.4, Criteria for Indexes, incorporating feedback from the public comment period earlier this year. It replaces the original ANSI/NISO Z39.4 standard (Guidelines for Indexes and Related Information Retrieval Devices), last updated in 1984, and is an updated and expanded version of NISO’s Guidelines for Indexes and Related Information Retrieval Devices (a technical report, TR02-1997).

The updated standard provides guidelines for the content, organization, and presentation of indexes used for the retrieval of information. It deals with the principles of indexing—regardless of the type of material indexed, the indexing method used, the medium of the index, or the method of presentation for searching.

As part of a recent security review and the migration of the ISNI website to a more trusted https environment, ISNI International Agency revisited the preferred format for representing ISNI identiers. The canonical ISNI URI now incorporates the change from http to https so that all ISNI URIs are now of the pattern https://isni.org/isni/ID, where ID is the 16-digit ISNI (without
any spaces) – for example https://isni.org/isni/000000012124423X.

The British Library has now launched its online, all-in-one service for the International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI). The Portal offers three services for ISNI users: a registration service for the assignment of ISNIs; a search and discovery function for finding and viewing existing ISNI records via the ISNI database; and a review function which enables ISNI users to recommend additions or corrections to existing ISNI records.

The partner institutions of the GND cooperative will host the second convention on the integrated authority file (GNDCon 2.0). Digital, diverse and decentralized people with different interests and from heterogeneous areas discuss very different questions, tasks and approaches around the topic of GND over five days. Among the jury is Ms Ulrike Junger, Head of the  Acquisitions and Cataloging Department at the German National Library and member of the Governing Board of ISSN International Centre.

Registration opens on 3rd May 2021. Keep an eye on the GND blog.

The aim of the 3R-DACH project for libraries is to prepare the new RDA regulations and the new structure of the RDA Toolkit for practical work in German-speaking countries. The project was approved at the meeting of the standardization committee in December 2020 and commissioned under the direction of the DNB. The process will result in a indexing manual. The project runs until the end of 2022.

The DataCite Metadata Schema is a list of core metadata properties chosen for an accurate and consistent identification of a resource for citation and retrieval purposes, along with recommended use instructions. The DataCite Metadata Working Group released a new version (4.4) of the DataCite Metadata Schema Documentation for the Publication and Citation of Research Data and Other Research Outputs. This release of the Metadata Schema contains better support for textual publications. Important changes are the addition of specific resource types such as journal, journal article, dissertation, etc., and also includes computational notebook and peer review, so that these types can be better identified. Also, a new property, relatedItem, is introduced which contains information about a resource related to the one being registered, e.g., a journal article, conference paper, or a book series. It can be used to describe a text citation where relatedIdentifier cannot be used because the related resource does not have an identifier.

The voting members are being asked to approve the latest draft of ANSI/NISO Z39.96, JATS: Journal Article Tag Suite.  The new draft, technically known right now as BSR/NISO Z39.96-202x, JATS: Journal Article Tag Suite (1.3), incorporates changes made to JATS 1.2 through December 2020. The purpose of JATS is to define a suite of XML elements and attributes that describes the content of metadata and journal articles using a common format that enables the exchange of journal content between publishers and archives.

Tanto si eres nuevo en el mundo de los identificadores persistentes como si solo necesitas un repaso básico sobre PIDs, ¡esta sesión introductoria es para ti! En el programa: qué es un identificador persistente, qué pueden hacer y por qué son importantes; también se compartirá información sobre algunos PID clave.

Whether you’re new to the world of persistent identifiers or just need a basic review of PIDs, this introductory session is for you! On the agenda: what is a persistent identifier, what can they do and why are they important; information on some key PIDs will also be shared.

Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) has been an ISNI registration agency since July 2019, assigning ISNIs to local creatives and increasing the discoverability of cultural content in Québec. A great deal of progress has been made by BAnQ, offering a range of online services, including: automatic assignment of an ISNI; online application to obtain an ISNI for persons and/or organizations; and a Frequently Asked Questions webpage. Since mid-2019, BAnQ has assigned over 215,000 ISNIs to those associated with creative works within the region, emphasising the development of, and ongoing support for, the ISNI standard across Québec.