Outline

• Overview
• Being Linked
• JournalSeek
• Linking
• S-Link-S

Overview

What is Link.Openly?

Link.Openly is the name for Openly Informatics' Software and Services supporting the S-Link-S Framework.

Who would benefit from participation in Link.Openly?

Link.Openly benefits both Linkers and Linkees in the field of scholarly and professional journal publishing. Included would be publishers, both primary and secondary, A&I services, libraries, educational and (nonprofit)charitable organizations, etc. We encourage all who would benefit from Link.Openly to register their linking templates with us.

We are happy to work with companies that provide web services for groups of publishers and with consortia.

How does Link.Openly work?

Link.Openly works with databases of journals. For every instantiation of a journal available on the internet, Link.Openly databases store information, in S-Link-S format, about how to construct links.

S-Link-S allows the construction of URL's, the addresses of the internet, using a fill-in-the-blanks template. For most Journals, all you need to know is the identity of the journal, the volume, issue and page. S-Link-S includes more complicated transformation functions to address idiosyncracies present in many journal websites. All of these functions are implemented by Link.Openly products such as Link.Openly Server.

S-Link-S also defines a vocabulary for linking metadata, so that publishers can filter the types of links they want to include, and so that readers can know what sort of information they'll get if they follow a link.

How does Link.Openly compare to OpenURL?

OpenURL is a single defined format for linking to a journal related resource. S-Link-S is a way to describe a syntax like OpenURL.

Link.Openly can be used to compute OpenURL's. For example, try the Link.Openly Server version of OpenURL's for Articles. Using Link.Openly to compute OpenURL's has a number of advantages:

• Link.Openly applies defined normalizations to your bibliographic data, so that your link results will be improved. For example, white space is stripped and Unicode author names are normalized to ascii. Dates are converted automatically.
• OpenURL support can differ from target to target. Some targets may require DOI's for example, or ISBN's. Link.Openly can produce OpenURL's customized to the target.
• Link.Openly server makes it possible to use incomplete OpenURL's which require additional input from the user.

Link.Openly Server is itself an OpenURL compatible target. You can use OpenURL parameter names to address Link.Openly Server.

What is the relationship between Link.Openly and activities such as CrossRef?

Link.Openly is technically compatible with DOI. CrossRef is an article-level database- it contains no serial-level information such as availability ranges. Link.Openly is designed to work with serial-level databases- it contains no information about individual articles. As an Affiliate Member of CrossRef, Openly is working to incorporate CrossRef look-up capabilities into robust, full-featured linking systems.

For more information about Openly's work with CrossRef, please see 1Cate CrossRef Module

How is Link.Openly used in the JournalSeek Database?

JournalSeek includes S-Link-S templates and title-specific linking information for over 7500 journals on the internet. You can license the entire collection, along with the Link.Openly linking engine for under $1000/website.

How do we make sure that our site works with Link.Openly?

The easiest way to make sure that our site works with Link.Openly is to contact us at slinks@openly.com. Our staff will be happy to help you register your journals.

To make sure your journal is covered by JornalSeek, contact us at nj-info@oclc.org.

What are the conditions for linking to sites with Link.Openly?

There is no cost or obligation associated with being included in the Link.Openly template library. Submission of data will be governed by Openly's Hyperlink Specification and Usage Agreement.

Can anyone use the Link.Openly database?

The Link.Openly has been integrated into Openly's version of the Jake system which is publically available, as well as Openly's 1Cate link server.

How many journals can be accessed with Link.Openly?

Over 4000 journals can be linked to the article level using the Link.Openly Database.

Can I link to journal ???? with Link.Openly?

If you have an ISSN you can check 1Cate for Jake.

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Can Link.Openly software help libraries provide access to the journals they subscribe to?

Yes, combined with Jake, Link.Openly goes a long way towards enabling better access to information in libraries.

I want Jake/1Cate/Linker in my organization. How much does it cost?

You can install Jake on your system for nothing but your staff time. Really! it's free!

We can do custom installations of 1Cate for you starting at $1000. Our Link.Openly additions add another $1000. We can also do custom installs of Link.Openly starting at $1000.

S-Link-S

What is S-Link-S?

The Scholarly Link Specification (S-link-S) Framework is a way for publishers of scholarly journals to specify and communicate the information that other publishers need to build internet links to their internet services. Software based on S-Link-S can be used to add value to the citations section of any scholarly work.

What does S-Link-S have to do with XML and RDF?

XML is an emerging standard for data interchange and publishing on the internet developed by the World-Wide Web Consortium (W3C). S-Link-S uses XML syntax for its URL templates.

RDF is an emerging standard for internet metadata developed by the World-Wide Web Consortium (W3C). S-Link-S uses an RDF vocabulary for its linking metadata.

Where can I ask questions about S-Link-S or Link.Openly?

General and specific questions about S-Link-S, Link.Openly and related issues are discussed in the s-link-s mailing list at egroups.com Send mail to s-link-s-subscribe@egroups.com