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Dissertation or Thesis

An OpenURL for a dissertation, with descriptors for institution, advisor, degree, country, and date — all from the Dissertation KEV format.

Scenario

A bibliographic database refers the user to a doctoral dissertation. The dissertation is identified by its title, author, awarding institution, year, and advisor.

OpenURL

https://resolver.example.edu/openurl?
ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004
&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation
&rft.title=An+Inquiry+into+Algebraic+Topology
&rft.aulast=Doe
&rft.aufirst=Jane
&rft.advisor=Smith%2C+John
&rft.advisor=Brown%2C+Alice
&rft.inst=University+of+Example
&rft.cc=US
&rft.co=United+States
&rft.degree=Ph.D.
&rft.date=2018
&rfr_id=info:sid/example.com:database

Decoded

ctx_ver
Z39.88-2004
rft_val_fmt
info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation
rft.title
An Inquiry into Algebraic Topology — note: rft.title, not rft.btitle or rft.atitle, in the Dissertation format.
rft.aulast / rft.aufirst
Doe / Jane — the dissertation's author.
rft.advisor (repeated)
Smith, John; Brown, Alice — co-advisors, each in a separate parameter.
rft.inst
University of Example — the awarding institution.
rft.cc / rft.co
US / United States — country code and country name.
rft.degree
Ph.D.
rft.date
2018

Notes

  • Repeat rft.advisor for each advisor on a committee.
  • The rft.title descriptor is specific to the Dissertation format; it does not exist in the Journal format and means something different from rft.btitle in the Book format.
  • Use the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code in rft.cc. The rft.co free-text name is supplementary.

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