Actually, I just forwarded it to the OpenURL Advisory Group's listserv, as well, since it's an issue I think probably needs to be addressed at that level, too. -Ross. On 3/19/07, Eric Hellman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I would recommend that you send this query to the OpenURL listserv > [log in to unmask] > > > at one point there was something at caltech that did this; i'm not > sure if it made it to final > > > >Hi-- > > > >Is there any existing code that can validate the descriptive metadata of > >an OpenURL ContextObject? > > > >For example, > >http://www.openurl.info/registry/docs/mtx/info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal > >states thats "auinit1" can have zero or one value and it must be the > >first author's first initial. Is there something into which I can input > >an OpenURL to see whether indeed the auinit1 param value is only one > >character (either A-Z or a-z) and has no more than one occurrence... > >plus all the other constraints for the other parameters in the Matrix on > >http://www.openurl.info/registry/docs/mtx/info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal > >? > > > > > > --SET > > > -- > > Eric Hellman, Director OCLC Openly > Informatics Division > [log in to unmask] 2 Broad St., Suite 208 > tel 1-973-509-7800 fax 1-734-468-6216 Bloomfield, NJ 07003 > http://openly.oclc.org/1cate/ 1 Click Access To Everything > >