Extended-Linking Services: towards a Quality Web
- Creators
- Van de Velde, Eric F.
Abstract
A URL takes requesters from a citation to a destination… provided, of course, the URL is still valid. The current chaotic web is wonderful in its way. However, within this chaotic web, we believe there is a need for a high-quality web of vetted information. The emerging OpenURL standard is the cornerstone of a worldwide web with high-quality links that feature properties such as: •Persistence: Increase the probable lifetime of citations. •Multiplicity: Produce a menu of targeted services for each citation. •Context-Sensitivity: Resolve a citation in a manner appropriate to the user and to the context. To encourage the development of extended-linking services, NISO formed a committee to develop a standard OpenURL syntax. Our immediate goal is to serve the scholarly-information community immediately. However, the OpenURL technique is widely applicable, and we expect to serve many other information communities.
Additional Information
Presented at the July 2002 Ticer Summer School in Korea on "Digital Library Management for Tomorrow's Leaders"Files
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Additional details
- Eprint ID
- 25892
- Resolver ID
- CaltechLIB:2002.006
- Created
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2002-07-15Created from EPrint's datestamp field
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2019-10-03Created from EPrint's last_modified field
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