External reference ("URI") for a photo in Lightroom?

Is there a URI I could pass to a scripting language (I'm on Mac so AppleScript would be nice) that will launch LR and send me to the referenced photo?
(I think not, hence I'm posting this in the "New Feature Request" forum).
Thanks, Jon

No, but a scripting interface will come at some time. Let's hope it is AppleScript, VB and something cross platform.

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