OpenURL

• metadata, identifier or locator forms a ‘citation’ for the resource

• OpenURL - way to encode citation for a resource

• OpenURL = BaseURL + Description

• BaseURL provides location of a ‘resolver’

• Description is either a global identifier (e.g. a DOI or ISBN) or a description (a citation) or mixture

• http://sfx.bath.ac.uk/sfxmenu?genre=book&isbn=1234-5678

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