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Linking Patent, OpenURL

• To: "xml-dev" <xml-dev@l...>
• Subject: Linking Patent, OpenURL
• From: "Leigh Dodds" <ldodds@i...>
• Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 14:45:19 +0100
• Importance: Normal

Came across this patent application today, and thought it might 
be of interest to folk here, particularly if there's prior art to 
be highlighted.

In short Openly Informatics have filed for a patent on:

[[[
RETRIEVAL OF DIGITAL OBJECTS BY REDIRECTION OF CONTROLLED VOCABULARY 
SEARCHES

A controlled vocabulary abstract hyperlink is a variety of hyperlink 
that is directed to a redirection facility when selected. The hyperlink 
redirection facility is a redirection facility for directing the 
controlled vocabulary abstract hyperlink in a modified format to a 
service provider. The controlled vocabulary abstract hyperlink may be 
embellished and encapsulated in a "controlled vocabulary abstract hyperlink". 
The hyperlink redirection facility makes a determination of which service 
provider to use to service the request associated with the controlled 
vocabulary abstract hyperlink by examining user preferences, if any. 
The controlled vocabulary abstract hyperlink is then passed onto a service 
provider, which translates the request into an appropriate format for a 
selected service provider that has been identified by the hyperlink redirection 
facility. The service provider processes the request and returns results 
to the user.
]]]

Basically targeting links at an intermediary service that redirects the 
user to a final destination, which they may store as a preference.

The submission can be seen if you search for Openly AND Informatics here:
http://pctgazette.wipo.int/

(The search uses horrendous URLs which I didn't think would survive through 
email)

This has caused a bit of concern for the OpenURL folks who are standardising 
one implementation of this idea, and Openly are a member of the NISO Committee 
doing this work (which seems a bit cheeky to me! :)

http://www.niso.org/committees/OpenURL/OpenURL-patent.html

I wondered whether folk here new of previous examples of this application. 
I've certainly written up (but not implemented) ideas that overlap with 
this:

http://www.ldodds.com/blog/archives/000018.html#000018

And there are a bunch of others including Make a Shorter Link which have 
essentially the same architecture.

Cheers,

L.

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