Ovid LinkSolver is an OpenURL compliant resolver and as
such should operate successfully when provided a valid,
OpenURL compliant link. The following table describes the
meta-tags defined in the OpenURL standard, used by Ovid
LinkSolver. If parameters are given to Ovid LinkSolver with
tags that are not supported, their values will be ignored,
unless specified in the LinkSolver Administrative Tool.
For example, if bici or coden are passed, the server will
silently ignore them unless the administrator has defined
them in the LinkSolver Administrative Tool.
Required tags
issn
spage
volume
Recommended tags
atitle
aulast
date (YYYY format)
issue
title
The syntax for sending a DOI to Ovid LinkSolver
is: http://linksolver.ovid.com/OpenUrl/LinkSolver?id=doi:<digital
object identifier>
OpenURL
Tags Used By Ovid LinkSolver |
| Tag |
Description |
| atitle+ |
The title of an individual item (article,
preprint, conference proceeding, part of a book). |
| aulast+ |
A string with the first author's last
name. In cases where authors last and first names are
not distinguished, this tag can be used to submit the
full author name in the form of LastName, FirstName or
LastName, FirstInitial. E.G. aulast=Smith, John or aulast=Smith,
J. |
| date+ |
The publication date. The format is
YYYY where YYYY is the year. |
| eissn |
An electronic ISSN number. |
| isbn |
An ISBN number. |
| issn* |
An ISSN number. |
| issue+ |
The issue of a bundle. |
| pages |
Pages covered by an individual item
in a bundle. The format of this field is “spage-epage”. |
| pid |
The local identifier zone. |
| sid+ |
Origin description. The values
for this field are:
Sid=<vendorID>:<databaseID> Where:
vendorID = vendor of the information service where metadata
originates
databaseID = database within the vendor’s information
service where the metadata originates.
|
| spage* |
The start page of an individual item
in a bundle. |
| title+ |
The title of a bundle (journal, book,
conference). |
| volume |
The volume of a bundle. |
