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OpenURL

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Summary

OpenURL is a technical standard[1]. OpenURL draws 396 Wikipedia views per month (technical standard category, ranking #115 of 319).[2]

Key Facts

  • Has part(s): National Information Standards Organization[3], American National Standards Institute[4], OpenURL knowledge base[5], Herbert Van de Sompel[6], XML[7]
  • Described at URL: https://www.doi.org/the-identifier/resources/factsheets/doi-system-and-openurl[8], https://www.dlib.org/dlib/may06/apps/05apps.html[9], https://helpful.knobs-dials.com/index.php/OpenURL_notes[10]

Why It Matters

OpenURL has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11]

Related Entities

Herbert Van de Sompel XML

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . doi.org. Retrieved . doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . dlib.org. Retrieved . dlib.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . helpful.knobs-dials.com. Retrieved . helpful.knobs-dials.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). OpenURL. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/openurl
MLA “OpenURL.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 16 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/openurl.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_openurl_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{OpenURL}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/openurl}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-16}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): OpenURL — https://4ort.xyz/entity/openurl (retrieved 2026-10-16)

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isocat id → 5198
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → technical standard
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'bar', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'pt', 'tr', 'uk']
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 5198, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7330228|OpenURL (#7330228)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'match"
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