Btw, VuFind does something like this (although fairly primitively):
http://vufind.org/demo/Author/Home?author=Serra%2C%20Richard%2C%201939-
-Ross.
On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Ross Singer <rossfsinger_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 8:41 AM, Ian Fairclough
> <ifairclough43302_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Has anyone developed functionality to link headings in bibliographic records, not to an authority record, but to an outside source that provides further information? For example: A personal name heading might be linked to an online biographical resource about that person.
>
> Wouldn't it make more sense to "link" to the authority (via the $0) or
> some surrogate for identity and provide the capacity to link to
> resources there?
>
> Why would you want to do this for every single record?
>
> -Ross.
>
Received on Wed Apr 28 2010 - 09:21:25 EDT