NISO Z39.88 : 2004(R2010)

Foreword
1 Purpose and Scope
2 Referenced Standards
3 Notational Conventions
4 Definitions
Part 1: - ContextObjects and Transports
5 ContextObject, Entity, and Descriptor
6 Registry
7 Formats
8 Representing ContextObjects
9 Representing Entities
10 Transporting ContextObject Representations: Transports [Registry]
11 Defining Applications: Community Profiles [Registry]
Part 2: - The KEV ContextObject Format
12 The KEV ContextObject Format
13 KEV ContextObject Representations
14 Entity Descriptors in the KEV ContextObject Format
15 KEV-Based Community Profiles
Part 3: - The XML ContextObject Format
16 The XML ContextObject Format
17 XML ContextObject Representations
18 Entity Descriptors in the XML ContextObject Format
19 XML-Based Community Profiles
Part 4: - OpenURL Transports
20 By-Reference OpenURL Transports
21 By-Value OpenURL Transports
22 Inline OpenURL Transports
Appendix A - Responsibilities of the Maintenance Agency
             for the OpenURL Framework Standard
             (informative)
Appendix B - Specification of the Z39.88-2004 Matrix
             Constraint Language (normative)
Appendix C - The Level 1 San Antonio Community Profile
             (informative)
Appendix D - The Level 2 San Antonio Community Profile
             (informative)
Appendix E - Implementation Guidelines for the OpenURL
             Transports (informative)

Describes an architecture for creating OpenURL Framework Applications. An OpenURL Framework Application is a networked service environment, in which packages of information are transported over a network.