COinS

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ContextObjects in Spans, commonly abbreviated COinS, is a method of embedding latent OpenURL ContextObjects in web pages. This allows client software to retrieve bibliographic metadata and to use an OpenURL resolver to find a mediated link. A principle advantage of using COinS, rather than giving a static OpenURL, is that the client can determine which resolver to use. This allows, for instance, searching for a copy of a book in one's own library.

Contents 1 Sites which embed COinS 2 Server-side applications which embed COinS 3 Client tools which can use COinS 4 See also 5 External link

[edit] Sites which embed COinS

• Citebase
• Copac
• HubMed
• Wikipedia
• WorldCat

[edit] Server-side applications which embed COinS

• refbase
• WordPress
  • Peter Binkley's plugin
  • Zotero's plugin

[edit] Client tools which can use COinS

• LibX [1]
• OpenURL Referrer [2]
• Zotero

[edit] See also

• unAPI

[edit] External link

• OpenURL COinS: A Convention to Embed Bibliographic Metadata in HTML
• Introducing COinS: ContextObjects in Spans
• What are COinS? — From Online Computer Library Center
• COinS for the Link Trail — LibraryJournal.com
• "I hate library standards" — A blog post about problems with COinS and OpenURL
• Citation proposal - for a microformat for the same purpose.