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NASPL Standards Initiative (NSI) PublicationsThe NASPL Standards Initiative is a collaborative development effort with participation from the lotteries, gaming vendors, and retail associations in the development of standards, best practices, and certification programs for the lottery industry. The Open Group is working with NASPL to provide the collaborative development infrastructure and manage the collaborative development processes for the NASPL Standards Initiative. This NSI Publications page provides references and links to all of the NSI Technical Standards and Best Practices that have been approved by NASPL in association with The Open Group. Please direct any comments/questions to ognaspl -at- opengroup.org Technical StandardsThis document is Version 2 of the NSI Technical
Standard for the specification of bar codes for instant tickets in the lottery industry. It replaces Version 1 (Doc. No.TS0401) published September 2004. NASPL Technical Standard
February 2006
Doc. No. TS0601
40 pages This document is the NSI Technical Standard for the specification of XML retail accounting reports in the lottery industry. NASPL Technical Standard
June 2005
Doc. No. TS0402
45 pages Best PracticesThis document is the Best Practice for Management of Instant Tickets. It is intended to establish the minimum requirements to align the Instant Ticket product line with traditional retail products. NASPL Best Practice
August
2008
Doc. No. BP0801
83 pages This document recommends the practices that should take place in the lottery environment throughout the full cycle of the RFP process.
NASPL Best Practice
April 2007
Doc. No. BP0404
82 pages Standard Request For Proposal (RFP) TemplateThe Best Practice for the Standard RFP Template (SRT) prescribes a specific format and provides suggested standard text for sections of the RFP that typically do not change. This Best Practice itself consists of two separate documents, as follows:
Guide to the Standard RFP Template (SRT Guide)
NASPL Best Practice
April 2007
Doc. No. BP0501a
148 pages
Standard Request For Proposal Template (SRT)
A Word file of the SRT for use by lotteries is also available here.
NASPL Best Practice
April 2007
Doc. No. BP0501b
126 pages
This document is the NSI Best Practice for Core Retailer Web-Based Applications in the lottery industry. It is intended to provide the foundation for lotteries and lottery vendors to apply web-based technologies to the lottery/retailer communication channel.
NASPL Best Practice
October 2006
Doc. No. BP0601
41 pages
This document is the NSI Best Practice for Quality Assurance of Product Development in the Lottery Industry, specifically addressing Requirements Definition. NASPL Best Practice
April 2004
Doc. No. BP0401
44 pages This document is the NSI Best Practice for Quality Assurance of Product Development in the Lottery Industry, specifically addressing the Development Process. NASPL Best Practice
April 2004
Doc.No. BP0402
63 pages This document is the NSI Best Practice for Quality Assurance of Product Development in the Lottery Industry, specifically addressing Acceptance Testing. NASPL Best Practice
April 2004
Doc. No. BP0403
50 pages Implementation GuidesThis document is the Implementation Guide for the Global RFP Best Practices. It is designed to help lotteries implement the Global RFP Best Practices. November 2007
Doc. No. IG0704
29 pages
This document is the Implementation Guide for Bar Codes for Instant Tickets in the Lottery Industry. It is
designed to help lotteries implement the Technical Standard for Bar codes for Instant Tickets in the Lottery Industry, which outlines the use of bar codes on instant tickets for tracking of inventory and use by retailer point-of-sale systems and rovides a standardized approach to bar codes.
June 2007
Doc. No. IG0702
15 pages This document is the Implementation Guide for the Core Retailer Web-Based Applications Best Practice. It is designed to help lottery vendors and lotteries implement web-based technologies to support lottery-retailer operations consistent with the Best Practice. In short, this entails implementation of a secure website that retailers can access to obtain financial information about their lottery-based activities.
May 2007
Doc. No. IG0703
33 pages This document is the Implementation Guide for NSI XML Retail Accounting Reports. It is designed to help lottery vendors and lotteries implement the Technical Standard for XML Retail Accounting Reports in the Lottery Industry. This Guide will help relate the components involved in implementation to one another and a typical lottery environment, consistent with the requirements established by the Technical Standard.
March 2007
Doc. No. IG0701
42 pages
This document is the Implementation Guide for the Best Practices for Quality Assurance (QA) of Product Development in the Lottery Industry.
It has been developed to aid lotteries and vendors in the implementation of the following Best Practices:
· QA: Requirements Definition (Vendor and Lottery Practices)
· QA: Development Process (Typically Vendor Practices)
· QA: Acceptance Testing (Lottery Practices) Note: This document is updated (October 2007) to Version 1.1. Appendix A has been added which contains links to best practice templates intended to help lotteries and vendors implement the QA Best Practices.
October 2007
Doc. No. IG0601
27 pages
NSI AdministrationThis document defines the process for creation and issue of NSI Corrigenda against published NSI Technical Standards and Best Practices.
January 2006
Doc. No. AD0601
2 pages
This document provides answers to some of the questions often asked regarding implementation and adoption of any of the three Quality Assurance Best Practices.
January2006
2 pages
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