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Hi All, Though hesitant to jump in here, I agree with Owen that the dead ends aren't a standards issue. The bloat of the standard is, as is the lack of a standardized response format, but the dead ends have to do with bad metadata being coded into open-URLs and with breakdowns in the connection between content aggregators/providers and knowledge base maintainers. Work in this area isn't completely stagnant, though. The joint NISO/UK Serials Group's "Knowledge Bases And Related Tools working group" is looking towards solutions to exactly these problems. http://www.uksg.org/kbart Their initial report on best practice for content providers and KB maintainers is worth a look. -Corey Owen Stephens wrote: > Dead ends from OpenURL enabled hyperlinks aren't a result of the standard > though, but rather an aspect of both the problem they are trying to solve, > and the conceptual way they try to do this. > > I'd content these dead ends are an implementation issue - and despite this I > have to say that my experience on the ground is that feedback from library > users on the use of link resolvers is positive - much more so than many of > the other library systems I've been involved with. > > What I do see as a problem is that this market seems to have essentially > stagnated, at least as far as I can see. I suspect the reasons for this are > complex, but it would be nice to see some more innovation in this area. > > Owen > > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 6:14 PM, Ed Summers <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Eric Hellman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> Since this thread has turned into a discussion on OpenURL... >>> >>> I have to say that during the OpenURL 1.0 standardization process, we >> definitely had moments of despair. Today, I'm willing to derive satisfaction >> from "it works" and overlook shortcomings. It might have been otherwise. >> >> Personally, I've followed enough OpenURL enabled hyperlink dead ends >> to contest "it works". >> >> //Ed >> > > > -- Corey A Harper Metadata Services Librarian New York University Libraries 20 Cooper Square, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10003-7112 212.998.2479 [log in to unmask]