Online information services provider Dialog, US, part of the ProQuest family of brands, announced several product enhancements at the recently concluded Online Information conference in London. The enhancements, the first major product changes since Dialog's acquisition by ProQuest in July, include File History Linking and a new option for the Open URL 1.0 standard in Dialog's eLinks service.
Dialog's new File History Linking service enhances Dialog's expansive trademark research files. With File History Linking, users can access a 'file wrapper' - a comprehensive record of the history of a patent or trademark application including legal status information - directly from any patent record in all Dialog patent files. The linking enables users to skip steps in the research process by delivering more comprehensive data in a single search.
Dialog's popular eLinks service, which hyperlinks from an abstract record directly to full text, now allows customers to choose the Open URL 1.0 standard for accessing links, or to continue to use the default URL 0.1 standard. The Open URL 1.0 is the state-of-the art standard, supporting a higher percentage of links with fewer technical issues. The 1.0 further enhances eLink's ability to streamline retrieval of full text of article.
