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I'm working on a project called TELSTAR (based at the Open University in the UK) which is looking at the integration of resources into an online learning environment (see http://www.open.ac.uk/telstar for the basic project details). The project focuses on the use of References/Citations as the way in which resources are integrated into the teaching material/environment. We are going to use OpenURL to provide links (where appropriate) from references to full text resources. Clearly for journals, articles, and a number of other formats this is a relatively well understood practice, and implementing this should be relatively straightforward. However, we also want to use OpenURL even where the reference is to a more straightforward web resource - e.g. a web page such as http://www.bbc.co.uk. This is in order to ensure that links provided in the course material are persistent over time. A brief description of what we perceive to be the problem and the way we are tackling it is available on the project blog at http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/telstar/2009/09/14/managing-link-persistence-with-openurls/ (any comments welcome). What we are considering is the best way to represent a web page (or similar - pdf etc.) in an OpenURL. It looks like we could do something as simple as: http://resolver.address/? &url_ver=Z39.88-2004 &url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx &rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk Is this sufficient (and correct)? Should we consider passing fuller metadata? If the latter should we use the existing KEV DC representation, or should we be looking at defining a new metadata format? Any help would be very welcome. Thanks, Owen Owen Stephens TELSTAR Project Manager Library and Learning Resources Centre The Open University Walton Hall Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA T: +44 (0) 1908 858701 F: +44 (0) 1908 653571 E: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ________________________________ The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302).