SFX (software)

SFX is an OpenURL link server from [http://www.exlibrisgroup.com/ Ex Libris, Ltd] . Herbert van de Sompel, a librarian at the University of Ghent, and Oren Beit-Arie of Ex Libris developed the OpenURL framework from 1998 to 2000, [Van de Sompel, Herbert and Hochstenbach, Patrick (1999b). " [http://www.dlib.org/dlib/april99/van_de_sompel/04van_de_sompel-pt2.html Reference Linking in a Hybrid Library Environment. Part 2: SFX, a Generic Linking Solution] ". "D-Lib Magazine", 5(4).] and it was then packaged and marketed to libraries and other institutions. [ [http://www.exlibrisgroup.com/category/SFXOverview SFX: Overview] . Ex Libris, Ltd] Ex Libris continues to develop the software and add enhancements recommended by its customers. [ [http://el-una.org/web/ Ex Libris Users of North America] ] SFX is the most widely-known OpenURL link server within the library and scholarly publishing community, and occasionally the product name has been used as a generic term for OpenURL link servers.

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