Abstract:
OpenURL is a mechanism for transporting metadata and identifiers describing a publication, for the purpose of context sensitive linking. OpenURL standard is designed to support mediated linking from information resources (sources) to library services (targets). It works with ‘Link Resolver System’ to facilitate seamless access to the referenced resource.
Here I have discussed the concept of OpenURL, and its significance. Given a demo of ‘Link Resolver System’ and demonstrate OpenURL through open source tools.