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Quoting Jakob Voss <[log in to unmask]>: > I bet there are several reasons why OpenURL failed in some way but I > think one reason is that SFX got sold to Ex Libris. Afterwards there > was no interest of Ex Libris to get a simple clean standard and most > libraries ended up in buying a black box with an OpenURL label on it - > instead of developing they own systems based on a common standard. I > bet you can track most bad library standards to commercial vendors. I > don't trust any standard without open specification and a reusable Open > Source reference implementation. For what it's worth, that does not coincide with my experience. kc -- Karen Coyle [log in to unmask] http://kcoyle.net ph: 1-510-540-7596 m: 1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet