National Information Standards Organization (NISO) Standards Committee AV
	Developing a U.S. National Z39.50 Profile for Library Applications

SC AV Meeting #2
Wednesday, January 10, 2001, 9am to 5pm
Thursday, January 11, 2001, 9am to 5pm
Embassy Suites Hotel
Washington, DC

AGENDA
(draft 1/2/01)

The following are proposed agenda items and a proposed order of discussion at the two-day meeting.

1. Welcome and Introductions

2. Review/Revision of the Agenda

3. Volunteer for Meeting Recorder

4. Review of discussions and agreements from November meeting 
    Document: Summary of Meeting
        <http://www.unt.edu/zprofile/Profile/DraftSpecificationsDecember2000.htm>

5. Status of Bath Profile and Changes (Carrol Lunau)

6. Finalize Functional Area A, Searching
    Document: Preliminary Specifications for Review by SC AV Members, December 2000,     
        <http://www.unt.edu/zprofile/Profile/DraftSpecificationsDecember2000.htm>

7. Discuss and Finalize Functional Area A, Retrieval
    Document: Bath Profile, Version 1.1. (with Changes by Bath Profile Maintenance Agency)
        <http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/interop-focus/bath/current/>

8. Discuss and Preliminary Agreement on Functional Area B, Bibliographic Holdings Information
    Document: Z39.50 Holdings Schema, Version 1.1., July 2000 
        <http://lcweb.loc.gov/z3950/agency/defns/holdings.html>

    Document: Z39.50 Holdings XML Schema
        <http://www.portia.dk/zholdings/>

9. Structure and Content of the Standard
    A. Review typical contents of NISO standards 
    B. What should the U.S. National Profile Standard contain
    C. Assignments for writing sections of the U.S. National Profile Standard

10. Recommending Indexing Practices for MARC 21 Records to Support the Profile's Defined Searches
    Document: Recommendations for Indexing MARC 21 Records (Developed for the Texas Z39.50 Implementors Group
        <http://www.unt.edu/wmoen/Z3950/MARC21Indexing/Z3950MARCIndexing.htm>

11. Discussion of Maintenance and Revision Procedures for the U.S. National Profile

12. Discussion of Recommendations to NISO for Subsequent Work on U.S. National Profile.

13. Plans and Strategies for Preliminary Draft for Public Review

14. Future Meetings

Each day there'll be the following food and refreshments:

Breakfast: 8am (continental breakfasts and beverages)
Morning Break: 10am (refreshed beverages)
Lunch: 12 noon: Wed -- Manhattan Deli Buffet; Thurs -- The Sienna (grilled chicken, vegetables, pasta salad)
Afternoon Break: 2:30pm (refreshed beverages)

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