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# Book handles again
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/book-handles-again/
- Published: 2005-08-04T16:49:29.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-28T21:05:14.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: Books, #MPOW, Systems

Herbert left a [comment](https://blog.oclc.org/lorcand/archives/000734.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net#comments) on my note below about the Open WorldCat URL syntax, and there were a couple of comments along similar lines on Karen’s FreeRangeLibrarian [post](https://freerangelibrarian.com/archives/080205/open%5Fworldcat%5Fcontin.php?ref=lorcandempsey.net). The gist was why not use the OpenURL syntax for these links.  
Sure .. we see OpenURL as very important moving forward (as discussed [before](/lorcand/lorcan/cgi-bin/mt-search.cgi?IncludeBlogs=1&search=openurl+-handles)) and it has always been under active consideration by colleagues developing Open WorldCat. We plan to provide a simple OpenURL resolver inferface to Open WorldCat in due course. Actual release time has yet to be established.  
In summary. The current syntax is simple, human-readable, and human-constructable. We will complement it with OpenURL-based access which will allow additional service possibilities.