The ProQuest Third-Party Database Technology Platform is a OpenURL target and source compliant with the San Antonio profile level 1 (SAP1).
We support the following OpenURL versions and syntaxes: 0.1 version, 1.0 trial version, and 1.0 balloted version.
Note: To improve
readability the OpenURL elements on this page have been broken out into separate lines. When creating actual OpenURL'S the data should
not contain any linefeeds or carriage returns.
Version 0.1
Following is a sample link with example meta data highlighted:
http://openurl.proquest.com/in
?service=pq
&issn=0040781X
&volume=157
&issue=5
&spage=33
The OpenUrl Version 0.1 metadata elements supported by ProQuest are listed in the table below.
Element |
Description |
Data Format |
Required |
issn |
ISSN with or without hyphen |
numeric |
Required |
volume |
Volume that article is located in |
Alphanumeric |
Optional |
issue |
Issue that article is located in |
Alphanumeric |
Optional |
spage |
Starting Page of Article |
Number |
Optional |
sid |
Origin-Description: sid is not implemented in this version. Values passed to the resolver will be ignored |
|
Optional |
pid |
Private Identifier: pid is not implemented in this version. Values passed to the
resolver will be ignored. |
Alphanumeric |
Optional |
service |
PQ is the only option supported at this time |
Alpha |
Required |
Version 1.0
Following are sample article-level and title-level links with example meta data highlighted:
Article-level Link
http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?
ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004
&res_id=xri:pqd
&rft_val_fmt=ori/fmt:kev:mtx:journal
&genre=article
&jtitle=Lancet
&issn=0140-6736
&atitle=Models of Malaria
&date=2003-03-08
&volume=361
&issue=9360
Title-level Link
http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl
?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004
&res_id=xri:pqd
&rft_val_fmt=ori:/fmt:kev:mtx:journal
&jtitle=Lancet
&issn=0140-6736
&svc_id=xri:pqil:context=title
The OpenURL Version 1.0 metadata elements supported by ProQuest are listed in the table below.
Element |
Description |
Data Format |
Required |
issn |
ISSN without dashes |
numeric |
Required(1) |
jtitle |
Journal title |
Alphanumeric |
Required(1) |
atitle |
Article title |
Alphanumeric |
Optional |
date |
Date of publication |
Numeric |
Optional(3) |
volume |
Volume that article is located in |
Alphanumeric |
Optional(2) |
issue |
Issue that article is located in |
Alphanumeric |
Optional (2) |
Notes:
1. ISSN or jtitle must be provided.
2. For best results when linking to newspapers do not populate volume / issue information
3. For best results
when linking to journals send only the year of publication. For best results linking to newspapers send the full publication date. |
