ISO 10160
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ISO 10160 is the ISO
standard
that defines the terminology that is used for interlibrary loan
transactions between various document exchange systems such as VDX. It is closely related to ISO 10161
, the Interlibrary Loan Application Protocol.
International Organization for Standardization
The International Organization for Standardization , widely known as ISO, is an international standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national standards organizations. Founded on February 23, 1947, the organization promulgates worldwide proprietary, industrial and commercial...
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Standardization
Standardization is the process of developing and implementing technical standards.The goals of standardization can be to help with independence of single suppliers , compatibility, interoperability, safety, repeatability, or quality....
that defines the terminology that is used for interlibrary loan
Interlibrary loan
Interlibrary loan is a service whereby a user of one library can borrow books or receive photocopies of documents that are owned by another library...
transactions between various document exchange systems such as VDX. It is closely related to ISO 10161
ISO 10161
ISO 10161 is the ISO standard that defines the interlibrary loan application protocol for communication between various document exchange systems. It allows ILL systems at different libraries and residing on different hardware platforms and using different software packages such as VDX to...
, the Interlibrary Loan Application Protocol.