Seminar on Linking Technologies

Edinburgh 6 March 2001

Programme and list of participants

Setting the Scene: Background & Purpose
9:45	Coffee
10:00	Welcome and Introduction	Lorcan Dempsey
10:10	The DNER: Aims and Architecture	Andy Powell
10:30	Joining It Up: the JOIN-UP Programme and ZBLSA	Peter Burnhill
10:50	Questions and Discussion
11:05	Coffee break
Defining the Problem: Scope and Purpose of Linking, Issues to Address
11:25	Overview of Linking Issues: Types, Formats, User Requirements, Protocols ...	Jenny Walker
11:55	Naming Issues	Albert Simmonds
12:25	Questions and Discussion
12:40	Lunch
Appraising Solutions
13:30	Z39.50: old criticism and new developments	Matthew Dovey
13:50	OpenUrls, SFX	Jenny Walker
14:10	DOI and Crossref	Richard O'Beirne
14:30	Questions and Discussion
15:05	Coffee break
Implications for JOIN-UP
15:25	Discussion
16:30	Summary and close

The list of participants includes:

Stephen Andrews, British Library/ZETOC
Ann Apps, MIMAS/ZETOC
Alison Bayley, EDINA
Anne Bell, DOCUSEND
Andrew Braid, British Library/ZETOC
Peter Burnhill, EDINA
Lorcan Dempsey, DNER
Matthew Dovey, MALIBU, JAFER
Fred Friend, EASY Steering Committee
Ross Macintyre, MIMAS/ZETOC
Moira Massey, EDINA
Paul Miller, UKOLN/Interoperability Focus
Terry Morrow, BIDS (Associate X-Grain Partner)
Robin Murray, FDI
Richard O'Beirne, Blackwell Science
Francoise Pelle, ISSN
Andy Powell, UKOLN/RDN
Slawek Rozenfeld, ISSN
Sandy Shaw, EDINA
Albert Simmonds, OCLCNames
Ben Soares, EDINA
Tim Stickland, EDINA
Margarete Tubby, EDINA
Jenny Walker, Ex Libris
David Whitehurst, DOCUSEND