The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and UKSG have announced that 30 more publishers will now be able to supply metadata that conforms to the recommended practice, KBART: Knowledge Bases And Related Tools (NISO RP-9-2010). Endorsement of this publication, which contains practical recommendations for the timely exchange of accurate metadata between content providers and knowledge base developers, indicates that the format and content of data supplied by the publisher to knowledge bases and related tools conform to the KBART recommendations.
The latest endorsers are the American Psychological Association, Edinburgh University Press and the Scitation platform, which delivers metadata on behalf of 28 society publishers.
By providing a common set of metadata requirements for the information supply chain, KBART helps to reduce the administrative burden of metadata management, and ensures greater visibility and usage of content. The joint UKSG/NISO KBART Working Group is now focusing on Phase II of the project, which will tackle some of the more advanced issues with knowledge bases in the supply chain. The Phase II recommendations will outline additional steps that can be taken by all stakeholders to further improve the library user's experience when using link resolvers and their related knowledge bases, and will specifically address consortia-specific metadata transfer, open access metadata, and enhanced support for e-books and conference proceedings.
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