Open URL definition of Open URL in the Free Online Encyclopedia.

OpenURL

A URL that refers to an article, book or other resource rather than the physical location of the item on the Web. Developed for use in libraries and other repositories of information, the OpenURL contains the address of an OpenURL Web site combined with the item's identification. The OpenURL Web site serves as a resolver and finds the physical address of the item. Developed by the National Information Standards Organization (NISO), it was turned over to the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), Dublin, OH (www.oclc.org) in 2006.

SFX was the first and most widely used link resolver software for OpenURL and the name is sometimes used synonymously with OpenURL. Developed by librarians in Belgium under the "Special Effects" project name, SFX was later commercialized by Ex Libris Ltd. (www.exlibris.co.il).

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The OpenURL functions in a somewhat similar manner to a permalink because it retains a permanent identification to a resource no matter where it resides. See permalink.

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It does this with a technology called Open URL, which can link, for example, article citations to full-text articles.

Maintaining Content and Achieving Accessibility on the Internet's ... by sam bryant / Computers and office automation community

Important new technologies like virtual reference, Open URL link resolving, federated searching, content management systems, and user direct document delivery services are good candidates for shared and cooperative delivery.

Interconnected and innovative libraries: factors tying libraries more ... by Webster, Peter / Library Trends

Open URL is a great step forward, but each collection needs to have Open URL compliance built into the end user to provide seamless access.

Next generation interlibrary loan: not even close to dead by Abram, Stephen / Information Outlook

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