Janifer Gatenby

Janifer Gatenby, Research Integration & Standards, OCLC (USA)

Janifer Gatenby has worked at the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) since 2000. Her current role is Research Integration and Standards which involves her with Web, data and identifier services that enable external systems to interoperate with OCLC’s data resources. She has been involved in the development of many International Standards, including protocol enquiry: ISO 23950:1998 information retrieval (Z39.50), the implementors’ group called ZIG and SRU; update protocol: SRU record update; delivery protocols: ISO Holdings Schema (ISO 20775), and OpenURL Request Transfer Message; and identifier standards: International Standard Name Identifier (ISO 27729) and the International Collection Identifier (ISO 27730).

She is currently involved in the development of the database and system for ISNI.

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