Standards Compliance

A VISTA Imperative

VISTA firmly believes that standards compliance goes hand-in-hand with quality software development. In this age of technical and business convergence, VISTA (on behalf of our customers) has a vested interest in the development and acceptance of publishing industry standards to insure the entire publishing supply chain operates in a seamless and efficient manner.

From a technology perspective, VISTA adheres to accepted industry standards throughout every aspect of the publishing solution from database development, web services, user interfaces, applications, data transfer, database structure and more.

Read more about industry standards:

Digital Object Identifiers | e4books | EAN | EDI | ISBN-13 | ONIX

To continue to be on the forefront of standards and technology, VISTA’s management and technical staff are active participants in critical standards working parties such those for the Book Industry Study Group and Book Industry Communication, and frequently sponsor publications and events from these groups.

To learn more about publishing standards development, visit these leading industry organizations websites:

American Booksellers Association

American Library Association

Association of American Publishers

Book Industry Communication

Book Industry Study Group

The Booksellers Association (UK)

R.R. Bowker

Canadian Booksellers Association

e4books

EAN

EDiTEUR

International DOI Foundation

Institute of Paper, Printing and Publishing

International ISBN Agency

North American Serials Interest Group

The Publishers Association (UK)

Society for Scholarly Publishing

United Kingdom Serials Group