Middleware Development

EDINA has developed services and software for fellow professionals building and running online services, as part of our contribution to the JISC Integrated Information Environment. These shared services form part of the middleware that supports services for users across the Web.

OpenURL Router

The OpenURL Router works by offering a central registry of institutions' OpenURL resolvers. An institution registers details of its resolver just once, at openurl.ac.uk. When the resolver has been registered at openurl.ac.uk, any service provider can provide users from that institution with OpenURL links to their resolver.

GetCopy

GetCopy is a tool for locating journals, journal articles and similar items, by connecting end users to subscribed services. The user gains direct access to library resources including electronic journals, catalogues and document delivery services chosen by their institution. In this way, libraries do not have to set up or maintain complex tables of subscription information