Z-Interop Project Documents

The Z-Interop Project has created a number of documents that address many aspects of the interoperability testbed.  In addition Z-Interop staff have identified many documents created by other organizations, projects, and individuals that are relevant to the project.  This page provides a comprehensive list of these project-created or other relevant documents in the following general areas:

Descriptions of Project
Testbed Development
Status Reports to IMLS
Papers and Presentations
Z39.50 Profiles
Related Documents

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Descriptions of Project

• Brief project description
• Full project proposal
• Abstract from project proposal

Testbed Development

• Call for Participation
• Z-Interop Interoperability Testing Policies and Procedures, Phase 1 Testing [.doc] [.pdf]
• Agreement for the Appropriate Use of Test Dataset by Participants in the Z39.50 Interoperability Testbed (Third Party Vendor Agreement) [.pdf]
• Indexing Guidelines to Support Z39.50 Profile Searches [.doc] [.pdf]
• Procedures for Issuing Test Searches from Z-Interop Testbed Participant's Z-Client [.doc] [.pdf]
• Analysis Logic and Procedures for Creating a Test Dataset of MARC 21 Records for the Z39.50 Interoperability Testbed, Phase 1 Testing [.doc] [.pdf]
• Decomposing MARC 21 Records for Analysis [.doc] [.pdf]
• Data Normalization Procedures on Decomposed MARC 21 Records [.doc] [.pdf]
• SQL Data Analysis Procedures to Create Aggregate and Candidate Record Groups on a Sample of Decomposed MARC Records, Phase 1 Testing [.doc] [.pdf]
• ZDoctor Report of SIRSI Indexing Policies for Interoperability Testing, Phase 1 Testing [.doc] [.pdf]

Status Reports to IMLS

• Status Report, December 2003 [.doc] [.pdf]
• Status Report, July 2003 [.doc] [.pdf]
• Status Report, December 2002 [.doc] [.pdf] 
• Status Report, July 2002 [.doc] [.pdf] 
• Status Report, March 2002 [.doc] [.pdf] 
• Status Report, May 2001  [.doc] [.pdf]

Papers and Presentations

• Mapping the Interoperability Landscape for Networked Information Retrieval. (Moen, 06/25/2001) [Note: This is a preprint version of a conference paper delivered at the First ACM+IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, June 2001.]
• Realizing the Vision of Networked Access to Library Resources. (Moen, 2001).

Z39.50 Profiles

• Bath Profile: An International Z39.50 Specification for Library Applications and Resource Discovery
• U.S. National Z39.50 Profile for Library Applications (draft)

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