This page describes the BOF (Birds Of a Feather) meeting to take place at the 5th Sakai Conference in Vancouver, BC between 30 May and 2 June 2006
BOF Title: Accessing scholarly resources in Sakai using OpenURL
BOF Description: This BOF will focus on the use of OpenURL to facilitate context-sensitive linking to scholarly resources from within the Sakai Framework.
BOF Topics:
- OpenURL 1.0 - What is it? How does it work? How is it different from OpenURL 0.1?
- OpenURL link resolvers - What are they? How do they work? Who makes them?
- Sakai "tools" in development to take advantage of OpenURL context-sensitive linking - What is Twin Peaks? What is Sakaibrary?
- The challenges of OpenURL and possible solutions - Why aren't we always getting full text? Discussing usage patterns, link resolver options, and vendor cooperation.
Please feel free to comment on topics you'd like to discuss during this BOF.
Articles and resources related to OpenURL will soon be added to this pagePlease refer to the OpenURL BOF page at the 5th Sakai Conference Wiki by clicking here.