The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced the availability of the recommended practice providing a Test Mode for SUSHI Servers (NISO RP-13-201x) for a trial use period ending January 31, 2012. The Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative (SUSHI) Protocol is a NISO standard (ANSI/NISO Z39.93-2007) that automates the retrieval of COUNTER usage statistics by libraries.
The process of developing a SUSHI client requires testing against the SUSHI servers where usage data is expected to be harvested. The new recommended practice describes how content providers should provide access to their SUSHI Servers in a test mode so that clients can be set up easier and faster, which is of benefit to both libraries and content providers.
The draft recommended practice and an online comment form are available at: www.niso.org/workrooms/sushi/server. All content providers who provide COUNTER usage statistics are encouraged to implement the recommendations during the trial and provide their feedback.
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