linking: an overview
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Linking: An Overview
North Carolina Serials ConferenceChapel Hill, NCApril 4, 2003
Critical Elements
Clean metadata So content can be found, cataloged, interpreted,
USED Allows for consistent use of terms so making
associations are practical Co-operation
The more participation and agreement on standards, the more useful content becomes
Competition Healthy; means of encouraging continuing attention
paid to user needs, product/service development
Why Link?
Disseminate content as widely as possible Distribution of metadata (rather than full text) to
gateways, databases, portals, etc – easing discovery Increased visibility to diverse user groups
Make content as functional as possible Reference resolution: find resources holding cited
article; created “on the fly” to ensure currency Forward citations: link to succeeding articles which
refer back to it Make links as intelligent as possible
Appropriate copy issues
Content Dissemination
Publisher/agent/ secondary publisher/
et al co-operation needed to build as comprehensive a network as practical
Different links needed for different groups – intermediaries with
subscription activation programs can help with pre-authentication to speed access to full text
The Wish The web provides users with
a simple online interface through which they can seamlessly access all online journals.
The Reality No one entry way exists, and
besides, users favor different starting points…
…So we need to ensure content is available through as many as possible
CrossRef
Perhaps the most significant industry development in recent years: Provides a repository of metadata (DOI) – like a
directory of mobile phone numbers, with automatic dialing
Creates persistent, sustainable links to content, ensuring long-term access to information regardless of location or status of owner
A multi-publisher initiative enabling the linking of references to the cited full text
Facilitates both inbound and outbound linking
Active References
user follows link from citation in full text …
On-the-Fly Resources
… to external resources page: follow link …
Direct Links
… to view result on chosen service
Appropriate Copy
Context-sensitive linking Allows greater control over what resources are
available to users: shows users Appropriate copy Most immediately available copy
Link servers Software enabling context-sensitive linking – helps
makes links more useful by filtering as appropriate
No Links?
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