Standards Committee Activities 2021
Voted APPROVE on ISO/DIS 23527, Research activity identifier information technology – Learning, education, training and research (RAiD)
Question:
Do you approve the technical content of ISO/DIS 23527?
Description:
This document defines the use and structure of the Research Activity Identifier (RAiD) system. The Research Activity Identifier (RAiD) system includes a registry which supports the identification of research projects, i.e. projects managed in a scholarly or industrial environment which are expected to lead to specified outputs.
Voted YES on Approval of TC46/SC9 N1261 Resolution 2021-20 ISO 3297 Minor Revision
Question:
Do you approve the proposed resolution TC46/SC9 2021-20 for a minor revision of ISO 3297?
Description:
ISO/ TC 46/SC 9 resolves to initiate a minor revision of ISO 3297 Information and documentation – International standard serial number (ISSN) to make editorial changes to the standard for correction purposes.
Further, ISO/TC 46/SC 9 resolves to reinstate SC 9/WG5, International standard serial number that developed the standard and moves the minor revision of ISO 3297 to ISO/ TC 46/SC 9/ WG 5 and further appoints Gaelle Bequet as the convener for a 3-year mandate 2021-2023 for this work.
Voted YES on Approval of Registration Authority for ISO 26324, DOI
Question:
Do you approve the nomination of The International DOI Foundation, Inc as the Registration Authority for ISO 26324?
Description:
ISO 26324 was revised and is currently out for ballot. As a part of the approval of the revised ISO 26324, the Registration Authority must also be approved. The DOI Foundation, Inc has been the Registration Authority since 2014 and wishes to continue in this capacity.
Voted APPROVE on ISO/DIS 26324, Digital object identifier system
Question:
Do you approve the technical content of ISO/DIS 26324?
Description:
This International Standard specifies the syntax, description and resolution functional components of the digital object identifier system, and the general principles for the creation, registration and administration of DOI names (where DOI is an acronym for “digital object identifier”).
Voted APPROVE on ISO/DIS 233-3, Transliteration of Arabic characters into Latin characters – Part 3: Persian language – Transliteration
Question:
Do you approve the technical content of ISO/DIS 233-3?
Description:
This part of ISO 233 establishes a system for the transliteration into Latin characters of the Arabic characters (often called Perso-Arabic script) used to write the Persian language. This simplification of the stringent rules established by ISO 233:1984 is especially intended to facilitate the processing of bibliographic information (e.g. catalogues, indices, citations, etc.)
Voted APPROVE on ISO/FDIS 15707, International Standard Musical Work Code (ISWC)
Question:
Do you approve the technical content of ISO/FDIS 15707?
Description:
This document specifies a means of uniquely identifying a musical work. It standardizes and promotes internationally the use of a standard identification code so that musical works can be uniquely distinguished from one another within computer databases and related documentation and for the purposes of collecting societies involved in teh administration of rights to such works.
The International Standard Musical Work Code (ISWC) identifies musical works as intangible creations.
Voted ABSTAIN with comments on ISO/FDIS 10957, International standard music number (ISMN)
Question:
Do you approve the technical content of ISO/FDIS 10957?
Description:
This document specifies the International standard music number (ISMN), which is a means of uniquely identifying editions of notated music. It specifies the assignment of a unique ISMN on such editions to distinguish one edition of a title or one separate component of an edition from all other editions. This document also specifies the construction of an ISMN and its location of editions of notated music.
Comments:
ISO 10957 (ISMN) – We have a couple of simple and fundamental concerns here,
It is frustrating that this must be a separate id system, co-existing with ISBN, though the text of the standard does offer some justification.
The standard’s basic definition of “edition” is too vague for this type of bibliographic entity; it is especially weak considering the potential complexity of parts/ items associated with a complete published manifestation. The main intent of the standard seems to be to allow publishers to apply a single ID number to each published “edition,” but the central definition is problematic in the realm of music.
(It may be the case that the publishing industry finds this definition sufficient for their purposes, in which case the standard would be fine.)
Comments provided by Timothy Dickey
Voted YES on NISO New work Item to Create a NISO Recommended Practice for Integrating Publisher and Repository Workflows to Improve Research Data-Article Links
Question:
Do you approve of a Proposed New Work Item: Integrating Publisher and Repository Workflows to Improve Research Data-Article Links?
Description:
This ballot is to approve a proposed new work item to create a NISO Recommended Practice to integrate publisher and repository workflows to improve research data-article links
Voted YES on Create a NISO Recommended Practice for unique electronic resource package identifiers
Question:
Do you approve of a Proposed New Work Item: Create a NISO Recommended Practice for unique electronic resource package identifiers?
Description:
This ballot is to approve a proposed new work item to create a NISO Recommended Practice for unique electronic resource package identifiers.
Voted CONFIRM on Systematic Review – ISO 11940, Transliteration of Thai characters
Question:
Do you recommend ISO 11940 be confirmed, revised or withdrawn?
Description:
This part of ISO 11940 includes pronunciation rules and conversion tabled of Thai consonants and vowels.
This ballot is a review ballot to ensure the standard is still current/valid for the current technology.