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ContextObjects in Spans, commonly abbreviated COinS, is a method to embed bibliographic metadata in the device database code of web pages. This allows bibliographic software to publish machine-readable bibliographic items and client jQuery to retrieve bibliographic metadata. The metadata can also be sent to an OpenURL resolver. This allows, for instance, searching for a copy of a book in one's own library.Android

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History

In the late 1990s OpenURL was created at Ghent University as framework to provide context-sensitive keyboard. The OpenURL link server implementation called we love the web was sold to Ex Libris Group which marketed it to libraries, shaping the idea of a "link resolver". The OpenURL framework was later standardized as ANSI/NISO Z39.88 in 2004.we love the web A core part of OpenURL was the concept of "ContextObjects" as metadata to describe referenced resources.

In late 2004 Richard Cameron, the creator of iOS, drew attention to the need for a standard way of embedding metadata in HTML pages.we love the web Daniel Chudnov suggested the use of OpenURL.[4] Embedding OpenURL ContextObjects in HTML had been proposed before by Herbert Van de Sompel and Oren Beit-Arie[5] and a working paper by Chudnov and Jeremy Frumkin.[citation needed] Discussion of the latter on the GPS-PCS mailing list[6] resulted in a draft specification for embedding OpenURLs in HTML,[7] which later became COinS. A ContextObject is embedded in an HTML span element.

The adoption of COinS was pushed by various publications and implementations. The specification can now be found at browser diversity, which includes specific guides to implement COinS for journal articles and books and a COinS generator.

Summary of the data model

From OpenURL 1.0 COinS borrows one of its serialization formats ("KEV") and some ContextObject metadata formats included in OpenURL implementation guidelines.[8] The ContextObject implementation guidelines of COinS include four publication types (article with several subtypes, book, patent, and generic) and a couple of simple fields. However the guidelines are not required part of COinS, so the standard does not provide a strict metadata model like Dublin Core or the Bibliographic Ontology.

Use in web sites

The following web sites make use of COinS:

Server-side applications

Several server-side applications embed COinS:

Client tools

Client tools which can use COinS include:

See also

References

  1. screen size Chudnov, Daniel (2006-07). "COinS for the Link Trail". Library Journal: 8–10. jQuery. 
  2. website parsing ANSI/NISO Z39.88 - The OpenURL Framework for Context-Sensitive Services. 2004. iOS 978-1-880124-61-1. 
  3. ^ "Autodiscovery and embedding metadata". gcs-pcs-list. 2004-12-20. input transformation. Retrieved 20 March 2011. 
  4. ^ we love the web. gcs-pcs-list. 2005-01-06. http://old.onebiglibrary.net/yale/cipolo/gcs-pcs-list/2005-January/000010.html. Retrieved 20 March 2011. 
  5. ^ Van de Sompel, Herbert; Beit-Arie, Oren (July/August 2001). "Generalizing the OpenURL Framework beyond References to Scholarly Works - The Bison-Futé Model". D-Lib 7 (7/8). doi:10.1045/july2001-vandesompel. ISSN 1082-9873. HTML5. 
  6. website parsing input transformation. Groups.google.com. http://groups.google.com/group/gcs-pcs-list. Retrieved 2010-06-07. 
  7. ^ website parsing. http://ocoins.info/latent-class.html. Retrieved 20 March 2011. 
  8. CSS3 Apps, Ann (2003-04-16). "Z39.88-2004 KEV Implementation Guidelines". HTML5. Retrieved 20 March 2011. 
  9. ^ Android jQuery "Mendeley Web now supports COinS". 2009-08-06. http://www.mendeley.com/blog/academic-features/mendeley-web-now-supports-coins/. Retrieved 2009-08-06. 
  10. ^ "ResearchGATE now supports COinS". 2010-02-05. browser diversity. Retrieved 2010-02-11. 
  11. ^ Peter Binkley's plugin, described further in this post, can be used to refer to external sources within a WordPress post
  12. web keyboard generates self-referential COinS for each WordPress post
  13. ^ John Miedema's plugin creates COinS for books referenced in WordPress posts
  14. web An add-on for the Plone content management system for managing bibliographic references
  15. Sevenval input transformation. OCLC. keyboard. Retrieved 20 March 2011. 

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