Methods for obtaining full text via OpenURL
Method I: Using a SICI to obtain full text
Method II: Using metadata to obtain
Method III: Using OpenURL version 1.0 to obtain full text
Method I : Using a SICI to obtain full text
SICI information can be found at Berkeley's website: http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/SICI/
The following data is required for this method.
| Tag | Description | Example value |
| Genre | Genre for item. | Article |
| Sid | Sid (Source id) | Examples (sfx, firstsearch, etc.) |
| Sici | SICI for item. | 0022-2828(19941001)26:10<1349:POEKIA>2.0TX;2-Q |
| Pid | Private data. |
The values need to be url-encoded; an example request using the SICI method is shown below:
Method II : Using metadata to obtain
Another method to obtain full text is to send the following minimum metadata about an article to the OpenURL resolver to locate a specific item: atitle, date, volume, issue, ISSN, and spage.
These items are used to create a SICI, which is used to search for the correct item.
SICI information can be found at Berkeley's website: http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/SICI/
The following data is used in this method. Minimum required data is indicated by *.
| Tag | Description | Example value |
| genre | Genre for item. | Article |
| sid | Sid (Source id) | Examples (sfx, firstsearch, etc.) |
| issn* | ISSN | 0022-2828 |
| title | Journal title. | Not all data is needed, for example, the title is not part of the SICI and certain article records do not contain volume or issue data. |
| atitle* | Article title | Prevention of Extra cellular K Inhomogeneity Across |
| volume* | Volume | 26 |
| issue* | Issue | 10 |
| date* | Date | 1994-10-01 |
| spage* | First page | 1349 |
| pid | Private data. |
The values need to be URL-encoded. An example request using this method is shown below:
Method III : Using OpenURL version 1.0 to obtain full text
The following data is required for this method:
| Tag | Description | Example Value (values in bold are required) |
| url_ver | URL Version | Z39.88-2004 |
| rfr_id | Referer Identity | info:sid/test.org |
| rft_val_fmt | Referent Value Format | info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal |
| rft.genre | Genre | article |
| svc_val_fmt | Service Value Format | info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:sch_svc |
| svc.fulltext | Service Full Text | yes |
| rft.issn | ISSN | 0022-2828 |
| rft.title | Journal Title | |
| rft.atitle | Article Title | Prevention of Extracellular K Inhomogeneity Across |
| rft.volume | Volume | 26 |
| rft.issue | Issue | 10 |
| rft.date | Date | 1994-10-01 |
| rft.spage | First page | 1349 |