Resource URLs with Dynamic Content from OpenURLs

For requests for resources from an external origin, the dynamic content needed to construct the resource URL is contained in the OpenURL (the request).

NOTE

Some target resource URLs require dynamic content that is not in the OpenURL passed from the external origin. You can load this content into the coverage database and retrieve it with a "secondary lookup."

To construct the resource URL with dynamic content:

  1. Identify the OpenURL elements required by the resource URL.
  2. Create field selectors.
  3. Construct a resource URL, using #@<FIELDSELECTOR># where the dynamic content is required.

    For example:

    http://www.vendor.com/cgi-bin/query?q=#@TITLE#

    In this example, the TITLE element of the OpenURL is inserted into the URL by the WebBridge resolution server before the resource hyperlink is displayed in the origin. When the user clicks the resource hyperlink, www.vendor.com is searched for TITLE and the result displays to the user.

    See WebBridge Link Syntax for the "link to" URL syntax of many resources that have been tested with WebBridge.
  4. Enter the URL in the resource definition.
See also:
The Proxy Rewrite Method