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It's still a LOT better than COinS for Zotero, I assume though. I'd like there to be better documentation to encourage more people to use unAPI instead of COinS; even the limited Zotero documentation there is admits that COinS is pretty limited. Jonathan Bill Dueber wrote: > The unAPI support is also...non-ideal...in that you can't present > preferences for the best format to use. For example, the Refworks > Tagged format just plain has more tags (and hence more or > more-finely-grained information) than other formats (e.g., Endnote), > but Zotero will prefer Endnote just because it does. My RIS output is > better than my endnote output, but there's no way for me to tell > Zotero that. For Mirlyn I ended up just having exactly one format > listed in my unapi-server file. Which is dumb. But I'm not sure what > else to do. > > On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Jonathan Rochkind <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Yeah, we need some actual documentation on Zotero's use of unAPI in general. >> Maybe if I can figure it out (perhaps by asking the developer(s)) I'll write >> some for them. >> >> Robert Forkel wrote: >> >>> well, looks like a combination: >>> in case of mods it checks for the namespace URL, in case of rdf, it >>> looks for a format name of rdf_dc, ... >>> and yes, endnote export would have to have a name of "endnote" (i ran >>> into this problem as well with names like endnote-utf-8, ...). i think >>> unapi would be more usable if there were at least a recommendation of >>> common format names. >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Jonathan Rochkind <[log in to unmask]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Wait, does it actually recognize the format by the format _name_ used, >>>> and >>>> not by a mime content-type? Like unless my unAPI server calls the >>>> endnote >>>> format "endnote", it won't recognize it? That would be odd, and good to >>>> know. I thought the unAPI format names were purely arbitrary, but >>>> recognized >>>> by their association with a mime content-type like "application/x- >>>> /endnote/-refer". But no, at least as far as Zotero is concerned, you >>>> have >>>> to pick format shortnames that match what Zotero expects? >>>> >>>> >>>> Robert Forkel wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> from looking at line 14 here >>>>> https://www.zotero.org/trac/browser/extension/trunk/translators/unAPI.js >>>>> i'd say: >>>>> ad 1. RECOGNIZABLE_FORMATS = ["mods", "marc", "endnote", "ris", >>>>> "bibtex", "rdf"] also see function checkFormats >>>>> ad 2. the order listed above >>>>> ad 4.: from my experience the unapi scraper takes precedence over coins >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Jonathan Rochkind <[log in to unmask]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Anyone know if there's any developer documentation for Zotero on it's >>>>>> use >>>>>> of >>>>>> unAPI? Alternately, anyone know where I can find the answers to these >>>>>> questions, or know the answers to these questions themselves? >>>>>> >>>>>> 1. What formats will Zotero use via unAPI. What mime content-types does >>>>>> it >>>>>> use to recognize those formats (sometimes a format has several in use, >>>>>> or >>>>>> no >>>>>> official content-type). >>>>>> >>>>>> 2. What is Zotero's order of preference when multiple formats via unAPI >>>>>> are >>>>>> available? >>>>>> >>>>>> 3. Will Zotero get confused if different documents on the page have >>>>>> different formats available? This can be described with unAPI, but it >>>>>> seems >>>>>> atypical, so not sure if it will confuse Zotero. >>>>>> >>>>>> 4. If both unAPI and COinS are on a given page -- will Zotero use both >>>>>> (resulting in possible double-import for citations exposed both ways). >>>>>> Or >>>>>> only one? Or depends on how you set up the HTML? >>>>>> >>>>>> 5. Somewhere that now I can't find I saw a mention of a "Zotero RDF" >>>>>> format >>>>>> that Zotero would consume via unAPI. Is there any documentation of this >>>>>> format/vocabulary, how can I find out how to write it? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>> > > > >