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Wikipedia uses the DC metadata format for non-book objects, rft.identifier is part of the DC metadata format; if you are describing a book, you want to use the book metadata format. Jonathan is correct, rft_id is a possible place to put an accession number for a book, but only if you can make a URI out of it. You might also consider rft_dat as long as you include rfr_id. Great to hear LibraryThing is looking at COinS! Eric On Apr 29, 2009, at 4:01 PM, Chris Catalfo wrote: > Hi all, > > I am trying to find the best way to include an item's accession > number (i.e. > ILS system id) in a COiNS span. This is in the context of library > catalog > pages where I'd like to be able to retrieve the ILS accession number > to > return to LibraryThing for Libraries. > > I see no mention of an rft.identifier key/value pair on the COiNS > site's > brief guide to books [1]. It does, however, appear as an element in > the > COiNS online generator for generic items [2]. > > Googling returned a couple of results using rft.identifier to hold > urls. > > Can anyone enlighten me as to whether using rft.identifier to hold > the ILS > accession number is valid? Or suggest a more suitable key/value pair? > > Thanks for any help you can provide. > > Chris Catalfo > Programmer, LibraryThing > > [1] http://ocoins.info/cobgbook.html > [2] http://generator.ocoins.info/?sitePage=info/dc.html& Eric Hellman 41 Watchung Plaza, #132 Montclair, NJ 07042 USA [log in to unmask] (personal) http://hellman.net/eric/