Canonical Citation Linking and OpenURL

Final disposition of Canonical citation submittal, "accepted as is"

2011-08-22T06:56:00.001-07:00

The trial use and public review period for the canonical citation submittal ended on August 5th, 2011. As there were no comments requesting changes to the submittal received during the trial use and review period, this message is to confirm that the disposition for the canonical citation submittal after the final public review is "accepted as is".

The following entries were accepted as final in the NISO OpenURL registry and the niso.org document pages on August 19, 2011.

The canonical citation community profile:

http://www.niso.org/apps/group_public/document.php?document_id=6178&wg_abbrev=z3988review

The canonical citation KEV metadata format:

http://www.niso.org/apps/group_public/document.php?document_id=5397&wg_abbrev=z3988review

A complete description of the canonical citation by the submitter, David Ruddy of the Cornell University Library:

http://www.niso.org/apps/group_public/document.php?document_id=6367&wg_abbrev=z3988review

The links above resolve to public NISO document pages. The pages include descriptive information and a link to the associated OpenURL registry entry. You can get to the registry entries directly at the NISO OpenURL registry at http://openurl.info/registry.

The process for submittals is outlined at:

http://alcme.oclc.org/openurl/docs/pdf/SubmittalProcess.pdf

Congratulations to David Ruddy and the Cornell University Library on getting this submittal approved in the OpenURL registry, and by way of extension, part of the OpenURL Z39.88 NISO standard!

Sincerely,

Phil Norman
OpenURL Maintenance Agency
OCLC
6565 Kilgour Place
Dublin OH 43017 USA

Got Ovid? Classical knowledge base will assist in citing ancient Greek and Latin texts

2010-06-07T09:48:00.000-07:00

Jason Koski/University Photography

From left, Eric Rebillard and librarians Adam Chandler and David Ruddy in Goldwin Smith Hall.

By Daniel Aloi

Scholars looking for multiple sources and translations from among 1,000 years of Greek and Latin texts will have a powerful new tool in their research arsenal with a database being developed at Cornell.

The Classical Works Knowledge Base (CWKB) -- a relational database and specialized link resolver software -- will facilitate linking from citations of ancient texts to the online versions of those texts. The database will ultimately cover all Latin and Greek authors from Homer to Bede, from approximately the eighth century B.C. to the mid-eighth century A.D.

Read full text of article in Cornell Chronicle

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2010-04-16T06:59:00.001-07:00

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Powerpoint: "OpenURL and Canonical Citation Linking in Classics:A Collaborative Project at Cornell between Classics and the University Library"

2009-10-16T11:54:00.001-07:00

Presentation by Eric Rebillard and David Ruddy at the Metadata Working Group Forum, Cornell University Library (16 October 2009).

Powerpoint: "Linking Resources in the Humanities: Using OpenURL to Cite Canonical Works"

2009-05-26T09:45:00.000-07:00

David Ruddy's presentation at the DLF Spring Forum is now available.

Powerpoint: "Text Linking in the Humanities: Citing Canonical Works Using OpenURL."

2009-04-14T11:55:00.000-07:00

Our CNI powerpoint is now available:
Presentation at Spring 2009 CNI Task Force Meeting. 6 mb (ppt)

" Text Linking in the Humanities: Citing Canonical Works Using OpenURL."

2009-04-03T13:49:00.000-07:00

Presentation at Spring 2009 CNI Task Force Meeting
Tuesday, April 7, 2009

David Ruddy
Director, E-Publishing Technologies
Cornell University Library

Eric Rebillard
Professor, Classics and History
Cornell University

This project briefing reports on a joint effort by faculty and librarians at Cornell University to explore the possibilities and challenges of using OpenURL to provide system independent linking between citations of Classical literature and an increasing array of available online resources and services in Classics. Such linking, which can be extended to other domains, will allow seamless movement from scholarly resources to original texts and translations, improving digital services in the humanities. This project has been supported by a recent planning grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to the American Philological Society. To date, project work has focused on the creation of a canonical citation metadata format, a strategy to address implementation challenges, and a prototype of a Classical literature knowledge base and linking system. By design, the metadata format, implementation scheme, and knowledge base structure are independent of Classics and can be deployed in other domains that frequently cite texts independent of particular editions or translations. The project also demonstrates how knowledge bases may be chained together to provide enhanced services to users, a model which may have wider application within the OpenURL community.