Technology

Times are changing. These are some of the technologies that will impact the pace and direction of that change:

  • Automated Content Access Protocol

ACAP is a new, non-proprietary open standard developed to protect the intellectual property of anyone wishing to make content available on the Web; publishers are encouraged to implement it.  The PA is a member through IPA, FEP and PLS.

  •  ONIX for Licensing Terms

As the number of digital resources in collections grows, libraries have increasing difficulty complying with the widely differing licence terms applied by their creators and publishers.  ONIX-PL can help - part of the ONIX for Licensing Terms family of XML formats for the communication of licensing terms, ONIX-PL handles communication of license terms for digital publications in a structured, substantially encoded form, designed to serve the interests of all parties in the licensing chain.

  • PALS Metadata and Interoperability projects

Standards play a key role in discovery and access, enabling online services to work effectively for the benefits of users. The PALS Programme, funded by the JISC and supported by APD, enables publishers and libraries to work together to explore innovative uses of standards.

  • Digital Asset Distribution

One day all publishers will need a DAD. This white paper  takes an overview of the concept and the current market

  DADs Research Paper

and the presentations from a DADs seminar in July 2007can be read here.