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 principal 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.
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[edit] Sites which embed COinS
[edit] Server-side applications which embed COinS
- refbase
- WordPress
- Peter Binkley's plugin (described further in this post) allows you to refer to external sources within a post
- Zotero's plugin (by Sean Takats) generates self-referential COinS for each post as an alternative to Binkley's UnAPI plugin.
[edit] Client tools which can use COinS
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Using COinS from Max Planck Virtual Library
- 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.
- KEV implementation guidelines