RE: Behind the times
"Hammond, Tony" <t.hammond-F/0MNWz/[email protected]>
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> I can invent my own categories for the information I consume, and they
> are bound to serve me better than the hodgepodge of categories under
> which publishers choose to categorise their own content. They don't
> understand my perspective; I do.
At risk of shifting the debate, this is a very similar sentiment to that
underlying the OpenURL Framework initative coming out of the digital library
world (see <http://library.caltech.edu/openurl/Standard.htm> which points
to the ANSI/NISO documents for the information (draft) standard Z39.88 - The
OpenURL Framework for Context-Sensitive Services). Basically the essence of
OpenURL is to transmit open descriptions (identifiers cum metadta) to an
intermediary link server hosted at (usually) the target site which is in a
much better condition to know (and to serve up) appropriate link targets
based on local holdings info and local entitlements or access rights. A link
publisher (in the round) is rather limited in what they can provide their
customers.
Cheers,
Tony
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