OpenURL

Two releases from NISO Committee AX.

• Trial Use of OpenURL Version 1.0

  NISO Committee AX on OpenURL standardization is seeking participants for a trial of the emerging OpenURL 1.0 standard. The official trial period will begin May 1, 2003 and end November 1, 2003.

• Note and Request for Feedback on Naming Identifiers

  During the period of Public Comment and Trial Use, NISO Committee AX will be examining an important issue regarding the construction of Identifiers in the OpenURL Framework. Currently, Identifiers are constructed in one of three Naming Environments, URI, ORI, or XRI, which is indicated with one of three prefixes, "uri:", "ori:", or "xri:".