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SRU Editorial Board

The SRU Editorial Board consists of:

• Managing Editor
• Senior Editor
• XML Editor
• several Associate Editors

Steering Committee

The Steering Committee consiss of the Managing Editor, Senior Editor, and XML Editor. Associate Editors are appointed by the Steering Comittee. Members of the Steering Committee (Senior Editor and XML Editor) are appointed by the Managing Editor (who is appointed by the SRU Maintenance Agency, currently the Library of Congress).

SRU Implementors Group

There is an SRU Implementors Group, which is open to any interested implementor. See below.

Responsibilities

• The Managing Editor is responsible for maintaining the SRU web site, including overall editorial control over the specifications and documentation; managing the SRU Maintenance Agency; chairing the Steering Committee; and is the registration authority for protocol objects.
• The Senior Editor provides much of the technical content of the documentation as maintained on the SRU web site.
• The XML Editor is the principal editor of XML documents (schemas, WSDL files, etc.) included in the technical specifications.
• The Editorial Board formulates proposals for review and comment by the SRU Implementors Group and collectively makes decisions about changes to the SRU protocol (including SRW and CQL), the technical specfications, and documentation. Decisions are based on consensus (see "Steering Committee"). Members of the Board are also asked occasionally to contribute, or contribute to, technical papers related to SRU to be published on the SRU website or elsewhere.
• The Steering Committee determines consensus.
• The SRU Implementors Group is the advisory group to the SRU Editorial Board. Members are those who are subscribed to the SRU listserv.

Listserv

There is a public listserv for SRU implementors. Members of this listserv are the SRU Implementors Group.

There is also a private listserv whose members are the Editorial Board and invited guests. Its purpose is to conduct communication deemed necessary to keep private, including consideration of issues that need discussion beyond the public listserv.

Technical discussion will take place almost entirely on the public listserv, with rare exceptions when deemed necessary by the Steering Committee.

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