[gcs-pcs-list] on using URIs

[Eric Hellman]

At 8:01 AM -0800 3/1/06, Raymond Yee wrote:
>Hi Jeff,
>
>Having to implement an OpenURL resolver, even a simple one, just 
>sounds lot of work to me, even if it isn't.    What's the minimum 
>requirement to be an OpenURL resolver?  Is there code in various 
>languages that shows such a minimum implementation?
>
>-Raymond

Some people have complained about this, but there is no minimum 
requirement to be an OpenURL resolver, except possibly that an 
OpenURL resolver should not report a horrible error when sent a valid 
OpenURL.

For example, it seems your website is an openURL "resolver", albeit 
not a useful one.

http://iu.berkeley.edu/rdhyee/?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1126%2Fscience.275.5304.1320

Profiles are another story.

Eric
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