Technical Reference

This page acts as a gateway to reference and development information gathered on standards and technologies related to Sakaibrary.

Categories on this page:

Citations and Querying Standards

  • Common citation-management software interchange formats such as RIS and BibTeX.

Context-Sensitive Linking

  • OpenURL 1.0 - a NISO standard for context-sensitive linking in networked environments (i.e. the Internet).
  • SFX 3.0 - an ExLibris OpenURL 1.0-compliant link-resolver software application.
  • OpenURL Resolvers and our Survey - this page contains a listing of OpenURL resolver products and vendors and information regarding our OpenURL resolver survey of the library-Sakai community.

Metasearch

  • MetaLib - an ExLibris library portal software application including features to metasearch across heterogeneous resources or link to the resources' native interface.
  • MetaLib X-Server - a component of MetaLib with a public API to invoke MetaLib's metasearching services through HTTP. The X-Server is the Sakaibrary project's main tool in conducting MetaLib metasearches from within Sakai.
  • SIRSI SingleSearch - a SirsiDynix library portal software application similar to MetaLib.

Open Service Interface Definitions (OSIDs)

Web Services

Digital Objects

Sakaibrary-like projects