SFX (software)

[2] Librarians Herbert van de Sompel, Patrick Hochstenbach and their colleagues at Ghent University in Belgium developed the OpenURL framework from 1998 to 2000.

At that time they called it by the working title Special Effects (SFX).

In early 2000, Ex Libris Group acquired the SFX server software from Ghent University.

Ex Libris re-engineered the software and marketed it to libraries as an autonomous component of the OpenURL framework.

[3] Ex Libris continues to develop the software and add enhancements recommended by its customers.