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COinS have been added to various parts of Wikipedia. They are basically just a chunk of [[bibliographic]] information stored in a way that machines can read. This has two applications: |
COinS have been added to various parts of Wikipedia. They are basically just a chunk of [[bibliographic]] information stored in a way that machines can read. This has two applications: |
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* The information can be converted into a full [[OpenURL]] and resolved by a local OpenURL resolver. |
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* The information can be converted into a full [[OpenURL]] and resolved by a local OpenURL resolver. For instance, with [[LibX]], OpenURL referrer,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.openly.com/openurlref/ |title=OpenURL Referrer |website=OCLC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161015040903/http://www.openly.com/openurlref/ |archive-date=2016-10-15}}</ref> or a similar extension or bookmarklet installed in Firefox, a link will appear after many of the books and journal articles in a Wikipedia article's ''References'' section. If the extension is configured correctly, the user can click a link after a book to check if his organization's library has a copy. If the organization has the appropriate access, clicking the link after a journal article may bring up a copy of the article. |
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* The information can be stored by bibliographic tools like [[Zotero]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/zotero_and_wikipedia|title=Zotero and Wikipedia / Wikidata |website=Zotero}}</ref> The tool can download the bibliographic information from an article into a personal library for future research and retrieval. |
* The information can be stored by bibliographic tools like [[Zotero]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/zotero_and_wikipedia|title=Zotero and Wikipedia / Wikidata |website=Zotero}}</ref> The tool can download the bibliographic information from an article into a personal library for future research and retrieval. |
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** Zotero also has Wikipedia export,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.zotero.org/blog/zotero-wikipedia-perfect-together/ |title=Zotero & Wikipedia: Perfect Together |website=Zotero}}</ref> which allows references to be dragged into a Wikipedia edit box, where they will appear formatted as Wikipedia [[Wikipedia:citation templates|citation templates]]. |
** Zotero also has Wikipedia export,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.zotero.org/blog/zotero-wikipedia-perfect-together/ |title=Zotero & Wikipedia: Perfect Together |website=Zotero}}</ref> which allows references to be dragged into a Wikipedia edit box, where they will appear formatted as Wikipedia [[Wikipedia:citation templates|citation templates]]. |
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ContextObjects in Spans (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.
COinS have been added to various parts of Wikipedia. They are basically just a chunk of bibliographic information stored in a way that machines can read. This has two applications:
- The information can be converted into a full OpenURL and resolved by a local OpenURL resolver.
- The information can be stored by bibliographic tools like Zotero.[1] The tool can download the bibliographic information from an article into a personal library for future research and retrieval.
- Zotero also has Wikipedia export,[2] which allows references to be dragged into a Wikipedia edit box, where they will appear formatted as Wikipedia citation templates.
So far, COinS have been added to:
- Wikipedia:Book sources – just contains the ISBN
- Many citation templates and infoboxes – see: Category:Templates generating COinS
- MediaWiki:Citethispage-content – generated when you click Cite this article; contains information for citing Wikipedia itself in other documents
Template
For use on templates generating COinS:
{{UF-COinS}}
It adds pages to the above category.
Templates needing COinS
COinS could, and should, be added to these templates:
COinS in citation templates
The COinS keys used in most Citation Style 1 templates are listed at Module talk:Citation/CS1/COinS.
For example:
Markup | Renders as |
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{{cite book |last=Bloggs |first=Fred |editor-first=John |editor-last=Doe |title=Big Compilation Book with Many Chapters and Distinct Chapter Authors |publisher=Book Publishers |date=January 1, 2001 |pages=100–110 |chapter=Chapter 2: The History of the Bloggs Family |isbn=978-1-234-56789-7}} |
Bloggs, Fred (January 1, 2001). "Chapter 2: The History of the Bloggs Family". In Doe, John (ed.). Big Compilation Book with Many Chapters and Distinct Chapter Authors. Book Publishers. pp. 100–110. ISBN 978-1-234-56789-7. |
Which renders the following HTML:
'"`UNIQ--templatestyles-0000000F-QINU`"'<cite id="CITEREFBloggs2001" class="citation book cs1">Bloggs, Fred (January 1, 2001). "Chapter 2: The History of the Bloggs Family". In Doe, John (ed.). ''Big Compilation Book with Many Chapters and Distinct Chapter Authors''. Book Publishers. pp. 100–110. [[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/978-1-234-56789-7|<bdi>978-1-234-56789-7</bdi>]].</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Chapter+2%3A+The+History+of+the+Bloggs+Family&rft.btitle=Big+Compilation+Book+with+Many+Chapters+and+Distinct+Chapter+Authors&rft.pages=100-110&rft.pub=Book+Publishers&rft.date=2001-01-01&rft.isbn=978-1-234-56789-7&rft.aulast=Bloggs&rft.aufirst=Fred&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWikipedia%3ACOinS" class="Z3988"></span>
Picking out the COinS keys:
Key | Data |
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rfr_id | info:sid/en.wikipedia.org: |
rft.atitle | Big Compilation Book with Many Chapters and Distinct Chapter Authors |
rft.au | Bloggs, Fred |
rft.aufirst | Fred |
rft.aulast | Bloggs |
rft.btitle | Chapter 2: The History of the Bloggs Family |
rft.date | 2001-01-01 |
rft.genre | bookitem |
rft.isbn | 978-1-234-56789-7 |
rft.pages | 100-110 |
rft.pub | Book Publishers |
rft_val_fmt | info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book |
Pollution
![]() | This Wikipedia page needs to be updated. The reason given is: The information about this particular example is factually incorrect and outdated. However, there are other cases, where the metadata still gets polluted, f.e. chemical and math title renderings. The text should therefore be updated to a better example.. Please help update this Wikipedia page to reflect recent events or newly available information. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. |
Incorrect data in fields can pollute the metadata. For example, adding all of the authors into the |authors=
field:
Markup | Renders as |
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{{cite book |authors=Smith, John; Johnson, Joe; Green, Ethan |title=Big Compilation Book with Many Chapters and Distinct Chapter Authors |publisher=Book Publishers |date=January 1, 2001 |pages=100–110 |chapter=Chapter 2: The History of the Bloggs Family |isbn=978-1-234-56789-7}} |
"Chapter 2: The History of the Bloggs Family". Big Compilation Book with Many Chapters and Distinct Chapter Authors. Book Publishers. January 1, 2001. pp. 100–110. ISBN 978-1-234-56789-7. |
'"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000015-QINU`"'<cite class="citation book cs1">"Chapter 2: The History of the Bloggs Family". ''Big Compilation Book with Many Chapters and Distinct Chapter Authors''. Book Publishers. January 1, 2001. pp. 100–110. [[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/978-1-234-56789-7|<bdi>978-1-234-56789-7</bdi>]].</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Chapter+2%3A+The+History+of+the+Bloggs+Family&rft.btitle=Big+Compilation+Book+with+Many+Chapters+and+Distinct+Chapter+Authors&rft.pages=100-110&rft.pub=Book+Publishers&rft.date=2001-01-01&rft.isbn=978-1-234-56789-7&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWikipedia%3ACOinS" class="Z3988"></span> <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{[[Template:cite book|cite book]]}}</code>: </span><span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment">Cite uses deprecated parameter <code class="cs1-code">|authors=</code> ([[Help:CS1 errors#deprecated_params|help]])</span>[[Category:CS1 errors: deprecated parameters|ω]]
This would pollute the metadata, therefore the citation template suppresses the generation of metadata for |authors=
, thereby omitting vital citation data from being submitted.
Key | Data |
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rft.au | Smith, John; Johnson, Joe; Green, Ethan |
rft.aufirst | not used |
rft.aulast | Smith, John; Johnson, Joe; Green, Ethan |
See also
- The planned citation microformat
References
- ^ "Zotero and Wikipedia / Wikidata". Zotero.
- ^ "Zotero & Wikipedia: Perfect Together". Zotero.