Linking in the scholarly information environment

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Author Abstract: This article highlights S·F·X and OpenURL standard. S·F·X is the one of the most advanced linking solution for the Web-based scholarly information communication. It solves the problems of conventional closed linking and performs navigation to the Appropriate Copy with context sensitive link technology. S·F·X integration for CrossRef is mentioned briefly. OpenURL is the standard for Web-transportable package of metadata and/or identifiers about an information object. This article briefly talks about the syntax of draft version and also the status of the Committee AX that is formed to implement the proposed standard at US National Information Standards Organization.