[gcs-pcs-list] on using URIs

[Alf Eaton]

On 01 Mar 2006, at 13:31, Young,Jeff (OR) wrote:

> I'm not saying unAPI isn't worthwhile. I'm saying that unAPI should be
> implemented as a profile of OpenURL. Everyone is so convinced  
> OpenURL is
> incomprehensible that their brains shut down immediately. I'm claiming
> that converting the existing unAPI protocol to be OpenURL 1.0  
> compliant
> is utterly trivial. Here's what it would take:
>
> 1) Add "url_ver= Z39.88-2004" in the "microformat" span

Which just made it about 10x harder to implement.

> 2) rename "uri" to "rft_id" in the span

Ditto.

> 3) Change the resolver so it doesn't blow up when it
> sees the url_ver
> parameter

Surely an OpenURL resolver shouldn't ignore the parameter passed to  
it that tells it what kind of OpenURL it has to handle?

> 4) Change the resolver to look for "rft_id" in place of "uri"
>
> You are now 100% OpenURL 1.0 compliant.

Great - what do I win?

alf (sarcastically, but only because I think the chances of  
persuading everyone to do this are much higher if it looks as much  
like a simple microformat as possible).