Although part of the problem is that you might want to offer any service on
the basis of an OpenURL the major use case is supply of a document (either
online or via ILL) - so it strikes me you could look at DAIA
http://www.gbv.de/wikis/cls/DAIA_-_Document_Availability_Information_API ?
Jakob does this make sense?
Owen
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Eric Hellman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> OK, what does the EdSuRoSi spec for OpenURL responses say?
>
> Eric
>
> On Apr 30, 2010, at 9:40 AM, Ed Summers wrote:
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> > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:09 AM, Ross Singer <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >> I actually think this lack of any specified response format is a large
> >> factor in the stagnation of OpenURL as a technology. Since a resolver
> >> is under no obligation to do anything but present a web page it's
> >> difficult for local entrepreneurial types to build upon the
> >> infrastructure simply because there are no guarantees that it will
> >> work anywhere else (or even locally, depending on your vendor, I
> >> suppose), much less contribute back to the ecosystem.
> >
> > I agree. And that's an issue with the standard, not the implementations.
> >
> > //Ed
>
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