COINS

'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.

Contents

Sites which embed COinS

Server-side applications which embed COinS

Client tools which can use COinS

See also

External links

Sites which embed COinS

★ Citebase

★ Copac

★ HubMed

★ Wikipedia

★ WorldCat

Server-side applications which embed COinS

★ refbase

★ WordPress

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★ Peter Binkley's plugin

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★ Zotero's plugin

Client tools which can use COinS

★ LibX

★ OpenURL Referrer [1]

★ Zotero

See also

★ Microformat

★ unAPI

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External links

★ 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