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?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>       
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