Seminar on Linking Technologies
Edinburgh 6 March 2001


Programme and list of participants

9:45 Coffee
Setting the Scene: Background & Purpose
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

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