Local Service Providers
SFX developed at Ghent by Herbert van de Sompel.
SFX Licensed by Ex Libris.
Goal is to provide context-sensitive services, such as links to distributed resources, including local information.
Examples: local holdings/call numbers, interlibrary loan information, expanded access to A & I services, Web resources.
OpenURL framework, submitted as NISO standard. Tool for the description and transfer of metadata to local service components.