Difference between revisions of "OpenURL"
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| + | OpenURL is a container format for describing requests for access to a publication. As such, it contains metadata about publications, however to describe access requests, it contains data for: | ||
| + | * the resource that contains a link to the publication (e.g., the URL of a second publication (or ontology) that links to the publication of interest) | ||
| + | * the person making the request | ||
| + | * access requested (full text, abstract only, etc.) | ||
| + | * the system that should process the request | ||
| + | * system where the request originates (the system that provided the publication or ontology that linked to the publication of interest, e.g., a publisher or an ontology repository). | ||
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| + | OpenURL exists in two versions - the Framework Standard specified in NISO-Z39.88, and the earlier OpenURL0.1, which existed as a de facto standard prior to the development of the Z39.88 specification. | ||
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| + | Here's an example of an OpenURL0.1 description: | ||
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| + | <nowiki> | ||
| + | http://www.example.com/resolver?genre=article&atitle=Phylogenetic relationships of the suckermouth armoured catfishes (Loricariidae) with emphasis on the Hypostominae and the Ancistrinae&title=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society&aulast=Armbruster&auinit=JW&date=2004&volume=141&spage=1&epage=80 | ||
| + | </nowiki> | ||
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| + | However, it can also serve as a container for doi's: | ||
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| + | <nowiki>http://www.example.com/resolver?id=doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00109.x</nowiki> | ||
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| + | For comparison, here's the first description as a ContextObject, rendered according to the SAP1 Framework Application: | ||
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| + | <nowiki> | ||
| + | http://www.example.com/resolver?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx | ||
| + | &rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Phylogenetic relationships of the suckermouth armoured catfishes (Loricariidae) with emphasis on the Hypostominae and the Ancistrinae&rft.jtitle=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society&rft.aulast=Armbruster&rft.auinit=JW&rft.date=2004&rft.volume=141&rft.spage=1&rft.epage=80 | ||
| + | </nowiki> | ||
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| + | The base portion of the URL points to a resolving service, which mediates access to the resource specified in the OpenURL. SFX, which is fairly popular with university libraries, is a example. Since Phenoscape's purpose is not serve articles, the server could do little or possibly nothing at all when queried. | ||
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| + | =References= | ||
| + | [http://www.niso.org/kst/reports/standards?step=2&gid=&project_key=d5320409c5160be4697dc046613f71b9a773cd9e ANSI/NISO Z39.88 - The OpenURL Framework for Context-Sensitive Services] | ||
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| + | [http://www.openurl.info/registry/docs/pdf/openurl-01.pdf OpenURL 0.1 specification] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:39, 18 February 2009
Overview
OpenURL is a container format for describing requests for access to a publication. As such, it contains metadata about publications, however to describe access requests, it contains data for:
- the resource that contains a link to the publication (e.g., the URL of a second publication (or ontology) that links to the publication of interest)
- the person making the request
- access requested (full text, abstract only, etc.)
- the system that should process the request
- system where the request originates (the system that provided the publication or ontology that linked to the publication of interest, e.g., a publisher or an ontology repository).
OpenURL exists in two versions - the Framework Standard specified in NISO-Z39.88, and the earlier OpenURL0.1, which existed as a de facto standard prior to the development of the Z39.88 specification.
Here's an example of an OpenURL0.1 description:
http://www.example.com/resolver?genre=article&atitle=Phylogenetic relationships of the suckermouth armoured catfishes (Loricariidae) with emphasis on the Hypostominae and the Ancistrinae&title=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society&aulast=Armbruster&auinit=JW&date=2004&volume=141&spage=1&epage=80
However, it can also serve as a container for doi's:
http://www.example.com/resolver?id=doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00109.x
For comparison, here's the first description as a ContextObject, rendered according to the SAP1 Framework Application:
http://www.example.com/resolver?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx &rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Phylogenetic relationships of the suckermouth armoured catfishes (Loricariidae) with emphasis on the Hypostominae and the Ancistrinae&rft.jtitle=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society&rft.aulast=Armbruster&rft.auinit=JW&rft.date=2004&rft.volume=141&rft.spage=1&rft.epage=80
The base portion of the URL points to a resolving service, which mediates access to the resource specified in the OpenURL. SFX, which is fairly popular with university libraries, is a example. Since Phenoscape's purpose is not serve articles, the server could do little or possibly nothing at all when queried.
References
ANSI/NISO Z39.88 - The OpenURL Framework for Context-Sensitive Services
