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

@inproceedings{citeulike:5092656, abstract = {A joint effort by Cornell University Library and Cornell faculty in Classics is exploring the extention of OpenURL to provide system independent linking between citations of Classical literature and an increasing array of available online resources and services in Classics. Textual references in Classics are commonly to FRBR work-level entities (e.g., Ovid, Amores), independent of any particular edition or translation. Online abstracting and indexing services, as well as Classical scholarship available online, contain many such citations. At the same time, there are an increasing number of Classical texts and resources available online. This project has explored the advantages and challenges of building links among such resources using OpenURL. Such linking, which could be extended to other domains, will allow more 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 OpenURL 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 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.}, author = {Ruddy, David}, citeulike-article-id = {5092656}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.diglib.org/forums/spring2009/presentations/Ruddy.pdf}, day = {5}, journal = {DLF Spring 2009 Forum}, keywords = {citation\_linking, digital-classics, frbr, open-url}, month = {May}, posted-at = {2009-07-08 15:56:12}, priority = {5}, title = {Linking Resources in the Humanities: Using OpenURL to Cite Canonical Works}, url = {http://www.diglib.org/forums/spring2009/presentations/Ruddy.pdf}, year = {2009} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:5092656 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5092656 N2 - A joint effort by Cornell University Library and Cornell faculty in Classics is exploring the extention of OpenURL to provide system independent linking between citations of Classical literature and an increasing array of available online resources and services in Classics. Textual references in Classics are commonly to FRBR work-level entities (e.g., Ovid, Amores), independent of any particular edition or translation. Online abstracting and indexing services, as well as Classical scholarship available online, contain many such citations. At the same time, there are an increasing number of Classical texts and resources available online. This project has explored the advantages and challenges of building links among such resources using OpenURL. Such linking, which could be extended to other domains, will allow more 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 OpenURL 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 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. JF - DLF Spring 2009 Forum TI - Linking Resources in the Humanities: Using OpenURL to Cite Canonical Works KW - citation_linking KW - digital-classics KW - frbr KW - open-url AU - Ruddy, David PY - 2009/05/05/ UR - http://www.diglib.org/forums/spring2009/presentations/Ruddy.pdf ER -