This paper argues that the existence of a developer support framework is a critical issue to the usage of Open Hypermedia Systems (OHSs). For this reason, the OHS Community would benefit by the adoption of both a service discovery mechanism and a set of standards and tools to approach the development of hypermedia clients in a transparent and methodological manner. Categories and Subject Descriptors H.5.4 [Hypertext/Hypermedia]: Architectures. General Terms Design, Standardization. Keywords Open Hypermedia Systems, Hypermedia Services, Service Discovery, Web Services, Developer Support.