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I also have a question. Is the OAI-PMH data provider supposed to deliver MARC records (in XML) as well as the mandatory unqualified Dublin Core? Any other metadata schemas/formats? Thanks. Caroline Arms Library of Congress [log in to unmask] Opinions (and questions) expressed are personal, not made on the part of my employer. >>> Peter Brantley <[log in to unmask]> 04/10/08 5:47 PM >>> herbert - it is my hope that the "url specification" will include an openurl specification. pb On 4/10/08 2:39 PM, "Herbert Van de Sompel" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > hi all > > Is there someone out there who can enlighten me re whether or how > OpenURL, a standard created specifically for the purpose of linking by > this very community, plays into the Linking bit of this effort? > > Cheers > > Herbert > > > Peter Brantley wrote: >> The DLF, and major vendors and application developers in the library >> software marketplace, have announced a major agreement to develop >> standardized, interoperable interfaces for basic operations supporting >> search and retrieval of bibliographic items. >> >> Standardized interfaces that work across different ILSs make it easier >> for libraries to add new applications, both open-source and vendor- >> supplied, that advance their customers' needs. Libraries seek interfaces >> that allow ILS data to be aggregated for indexing and search, that allow >> real-time search and query of ILS data, that support customer >> information and borrower services, and that allow embedding and >> interaction between OPACs and search interfaces. >> >> The agreement has the support of the following vendors and >> developers: >> >> # Talis >> # Ex Libris >> # LibLime >> # BiblioCommons >> # SirsiDynix >> # Polaris Library Systems >> # VTLS >> # California Digital Library >> # OCLC >> # Serial Solutions / AquaBrowser >> >> The initial announcement is here: >> http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/shimenawa.php/2008/04/04/ils_basic_discovery >> >> ------- >> >> I want to credit the work of those most associated with this effort, >> the DLF ILS Discovery Interface task force: >> >> * John Mark Ockerbloom, Univ. of Penn. (chair) >> * Terry Reese, Oregon State Univ. >> * Patricia Martin, California Digital Library >> * Emily Lynema, North Carolina State Univ. >> * Todd Grappone, Univ. of Southern California >> * Dave Kennedy, Univ. of Maryland >> * David Bucknum, Library of Congress >> * Dianne McCutcheon, National Library of Medicine >> >> assisted by the following individuals: >> >> * Dale Flecker, Harvard Univ. >> * Terry Ryan, UCLA >> * Robert Wolven, Columbia Univ. >> * Martin Kurth, Cornell Univ. >> >> Thank you! >> >>