A great deal of heat has been vented in this thread, and at least a 
little light.

I'd like to invite everyone to contribute to the wikipedia page at 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenURL in the hopes that it evolves into a 
better overview of the protocol, the ecosystem and their place on th web.

[Hint: the best heading for a rant wikipedia is 'criticisms' but you'll 
still need to reference the key points. Links into this thread count as 
references, if you can't find anything else.]

cheers
stuart
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