Thanks for the responses on this -- we're going to see what we can do.
Chris Catalfo
LibraryThing
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Eric Hellman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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&
>>
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