[WEB4LIB] RE: OpenURL Standard Z39.88 - Approved

[Steve Cramer SMCRAMER]

On Sat, April 16, 2005 6:16 pm, Eric Hellman said:
<<"Links to musical works and performances (and movies, I suppose...)
might be nice for the filesharers.">>

But also to students and faculty in music, drama, broadcasting and cinema,
etc...

--sc



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From: "Ross Singer" <ross.singer at library.gatech.edu>
Sent by: web4lib at webjunction.org
Date: 04/17/2005 12:50PM
Subject: [WEB4LIB] RE: OpenURL Standard Z39.88 - Approved

On Sat, April 16, 2005 6:16 pm, Eric Hellman said:
> 3. it provides machinery that enables communities to define
> extensions for new types of subject matter.entrepreneurial
> This last is most needing of a "show me" examples.
> example areas where open linking could prove useful
> - links to musical works and performances
> - links to stock information
> - links to legal cases
> - links to biological organisms
> - links to scriptural passages
> - links to major league baseball players
> but I'm not holding my breath.

Well, what this does is open the door for some entreprenuerial
type to actually create these sorts of services.

Links to musical works and performances (and movies, I suppose...)
might be nice for the filesharers.

While I have no idea if somebody that would create these sorts of
services would realize the potential that Z39.88 might offer them,
it's sort of nice to know that it is there /in case/ they realize
that.

I guess what I'm saying is that I'm glad we haven't created
another standard that is mainly exclusive to libraries.

Thanks to the committee for that.

-Ross.