1. 1 Interoperability Focus Paul Miller Interoperability Focus UK Office for Library & Information Networking (UKOLN) P.Miller@ukoln.ac.ukhttp://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ UKOLN is funded by the Library and Information Commission, the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) of the Higher Education Funding Councils, as well as by project funding from the JISC and the European Union. UKOLN also receives support from the Universities of Bath and Hull where staff are based.

2. 2 Background BLRIC Report 58, Towards a National Agency for Resource Discovery (1997) JISC and BLRIC (now LIC) agreed to jointly fund a single post at UKOLN for three years Work commenced January 1999, attached to Academic Services at the University of Hull.

3. 3 Introducing Interoperability Focus Focus upon enabling interoperability between resources in: libraries archives the cultural heritage sector etc.

4. 4 Representation International DOI Foundation Consortium for the Computer Interchange of Museum Information (CIMI) Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Z39.50 Implementer’s Group Book Industry Communication mda Board

5. 5 Joined up working Bath Profile

6. 6 The Bath Profile Vendors and systems implement areas of the Z39.50 standard differently Regional, National, and disciplinary Profiles have appeared over previous years, many of which have basic functions in common Users wish to search across national/regional boundaries, and between vendors. See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/interop–focus/ activities/z3950/int_profile/bath/

7. 7 Doing the work ZIP–PIZ–L mailing list, hosted by National Library of Canada Meeting face–to–face JISC supported a face–to–face meeting in Bath (UK) over the summer of 1999 A draft was widely circulated for comment Profile presented at DC7 in Frankfurt Open Concertation day in the UK Discussion and feedback world–wide See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/interop–focus/ activities/z3950/int_profile/bath/

8. 8 Makx Dekkers PricewaterhouseCoopers/ EC Janifer Gatenby GEAC Juha Hakala National Library of Finland Poul Henrik Joergensen Danish Library Centre Carrol Lunau National Library of Canada Paul Miller UKOLN Slavko Manojlovich SIRSI/ Memorial University of Newfoundland Bill Moen University of North Texas Judith Pearce National Library of Australia Joe Zeeman CGI. Doing the work See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/interop–focus/ activities/z3950/int_profile/bath/

9. 9 What we proposed Minimisation of ‘defaults’ Where possible, every attribute is defined in the Profile (Use, Relation, Position, Structure, Truncation, Completeness) Three Functional Areas Basic Bibliographic Search & Retrieval Bibliographic Holdings Search & Retrieval Cross–Domain Search & Retrieval Three Levels of Conformance in each Area. See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/interop–focus/ activities/z3950/int_profile/bath/

10. 10 What we proposed Basic Bibliographic Search & Retrieval Level 0 Author, Title, Subject, ‘Any’ Level 1 Author, Title, Subject, Standard Identifier, Date of Publication, ‘Any’ (including more exact ATS searches) Scan. See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/interop–focus/ activities/z3950/int_profile/bath/

11. 11 What we proposed Bibliographic Holdings Search & Retrieval Level 0 Holdings info embedded in the record, etc. Level 1 Access to Locations, Summary Information and Holdings Count. See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/interop–focus/ activities/z3950/int_profile/bath/

12. 12 What we proposed See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/interop–focus/ activities/z3950/int_profile/bath/ Cross–Domain Search & Retrieval Level 0 Creator, Title, Subject, ‘Any’ Level 1 Creator, Title, Subject, Standard Identifier, Date of Publication, ‘Any’ (including more exact ATS searches).

13. 13 What we proposed SUTRS or XML and UNIMARC or MARC21 for Bibliographic Search results SUTRS and Dublin Core (in XML) for Cross–Domain results Other record syntaxes also permitted, but conformant tools must support at least these. See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/interop–focus/ activities/z3950/int_profile/bath/

14. 14 Finishing it off… Consolidate comments, and revise where necessary Direct approaches to international vendors User testing in Canada and Texas ISO Internationally Recognised Profile status during Q1/Q2 2000 Addition of Functional Areas and Levels of Conformance as required Community Information? See http://lcweb.loc.gov/z3950/agency/ texas/texas.html