The Foreword to Part 1 provides a complete descr iption of the reasons for the NCIP’s development and the reasons for describing the physical implementation of the NCIP within an Implementation Profile rather than within the NCIP itself. In brief, th
NISO standards are developed by Working Groups of the National Information Standards Organization. The development process is a strenuous one that includes a rigorous peer review of proposed standards open to each NISO Voting Member and any other int
