IIRC you can also elide url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx as that
is the default.
If you don't add DC metadata, which seems like a good idea, you'll
definitely want to include something that will help you to persist
your replacement record. For example, a label or description for the
link.
On Sep 14, 2009, at 9:48 AM, O.Stephens wrote:
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
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