Assigning Data Tests to Resource Links from External Origins

Data tests are used to suppress links to target resources based on data in the bibliographic record, OpenURL, and coverage data.

To assign data tests to resource definitions:

  1. Access the WebBridge Management menu by either:
    • entering http://your_library_[domain]/webbridge/edit in the browser address window
    • choosing Admin | WB Edit in an application


    The WebBridge Management menu displays:

    WebBridge Management menu
    NOTE

    Only one user can be logged in to the WebBridge Management menu's edit function. Other users can access the menus in View Only Mode.

    If there is no activity by a login within the timeout period, the user is automatically logged out.


  2. Choose Edit Resource Definitions.

    The WebBridge Management - Resources menu displays:

    WebBridge Management - Resources menu
  3. Choose a resource definition.

    The WebBridge Management - Resource menu displays.
  4. Scroll to the Resolution Server Linking section of the WebBridge Management - Resource page:

    WebBridge Management - Resources menu: Resolution Server Linking
  5. Assign data tests by moving them from the available to the selected column.
  6. If more than one data test is moved to the selected column, choose the Data base behavior:
    1. To show the resource only if all the data tests pass, choose Show resource if all tests pass.

      When you choose this menu option, it is as if all tests are connected by a Boolean AND operator.
    2. To show the resource if any data tests passes, choose Show resource if any test passes.

      When you choose this menu option, it is as if all tests are connected by a Boolean OR operator.

The field selectors in a data test create a correspondence between OpenURL meta tags and coverage table fields. The Match against this resource creates the correspondence between the field selector's coverage table fields and the appropriate resource in the coverage table.

This illustrates the relationship of coverage table resources and fields and field selectors, data tests, and resource definitions:

Choosing coverage table resources and fields

For example, if all of these are true:

then the ISSN and EISSN coverage fields used in the data test are from the JSTOR portion of the coverage table.