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While photo sharing, link logging, and Web logging sites make it easy to use and reuse content, barriers still exist that limit the reuse of library resources within new Web services. To support the reuse of library information in Web 2.0-style services, we need to allow many types of applications to connect with our information resources more easily. One such connection is a universal method to copy any resource of interest. Because the copy-and-paste paradigm resonates with both users and Web developers, it makes sense that users should be able to copy items they see online and paste them into desktop applications or other Web applications. Recent developments proposed in weblogs and discussed at technical conferences suggest exactly this: extending the 'clipboard' copy-and-paste paradigm onto the Web. To fit this new, extended paradigm, we need to provide a uniform, simple method for copying rich digital objects out of any Web application.</p> </p> </li> <li class="list-unstyled list-group-item-action"> <dl> <dt>Date created</dt> <dd><a rel="nofollow" href="/search?ranges%5Bsort_year_isi%5D%5Bbegin%5D=2006&ranges%5Bsort_year_isi%5D%5Bend%5D=2006">2006-01-01</a></dd> </dl> </li> <li class="list-unstyled list-group-item-action"> <dl> <dt>Subjects / Keywords</dt> <dd> <ul class="list-unstyled"> <li><a rel="nofollow" href="/search?facets%5Ball_subjects_sim%5D%5B%5D=UnAPI">UnAPI</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" href="/search?facets%5Ball_subjects_sim%5D%5B%5D=Web+resources">Web resources</a></li> </ul> </dd> </dl> </li> <li class="list-unstyled list-group-item-action"> <dl> <dt>Type of Item</dt> <dd><a rel="nofollow" href="/search?facets%5Bitem_type_with_status_sim%5D%5B%5D=article_published">Article (Published)</a></dd> </dl> </li> <li class="list-unstyled list-group-item-action"> <dl> <dt>DOI</dt> <dd><a href="https://doi.org/10.7939/R3X921W05">https://doi.org/10.7939/R3X921W05</a></dd> </dl> </li> <li class="list-unstyled list-group-item-action"> <dl> <dt>License</dt> <dd>漏 2006 Ariadne. This version of this article is open access and can be downloaded and shared. 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