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Hi everybody and pardon the cross-posting. I just wanted to announce that http://openurl.code4lib.org is finally live (after many, many months of being on my to do list). The intention is to build a community around the use, development and education of OpenURL/NISO Z39.88 and as a place for people to write howtos for given services; upload their hacks and scripts for their particular resolvers/services; sketch out new services/community profiles/response formats; etc. OpenURL has been fairly distant, arcane and impenetrable for the average developer or implementor, and this is an attempt to make it more accessible to the masses through tools, forums, guides and just general "community". So far it's fairly sparse, but it does have: - A version of Ann Apps' "Z39.88-2004 KEV Implementation Guidelines" broken up by sections and "commentable" - A small, totally non-exhaustive list of open source tools for working with OpenURL - A feed aggregator for OpenURL related content on the web What it needs is more content, preferably from you! So, take a look around, sign up for an account and add some prose (or code or even just suggestions). Thanks! -Ross.