Chad,
You can have both, sure! I'm just wondering how many users of your
repository will have a COinS-aware client, mostly. You know, the
bang-for-buck thing. If you've got enough bucks and time, though, go for
both? :)
-Mike
On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 10:45 AM, Chad Mills <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> Mike,
>
> I initially started with microdata; larger coverage... Someone reminded
> me about COinS and that has gotten me distracted now. Been weighing both
> back and forth in my mind. Why not both? Can I have my cake and eat it
> too?
>
> I like cake,
> Chad
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael J. Giarlo" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2014 1:33:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] COinS metadata format support
>
> Chad,
>
> In that case, I wonder if you might get more mileage out of
> schema.orgmicrodata instead of COinS. There are undoubtedly more
> clients out there
> that can make sense of HTML5 microdata than COinS, which is really showing
> its age and is a niche technology.
>
> -Mike
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Chad Mills <[log in to unmask]
> >wrote:
>
> > Jodi,
> >
> > No. I am working with our repository resources which is an eclectic
> > mixture of resource types. I just want to simply embed our metadata in
> our
> > search results and record displays for other tools to use. It seems
> cheap
> > and reasonable to do I just didn't want to limit this feature to only
> > certain resource types.
> >
> > Best,
> > Chad
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jodi Schneider" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Sent: Friday, January 17, 2014 12:54:43 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] COinS metadata format support
> >
> > Hi Chad,
> >
> > Are these subscription images/video/audio that libraries have? The
> original
> > purpose of COinS, as I understand it, was to get people to subscription
> > copies. Depending on what you're doing (i.e. the purpose/intended use)
> > there might be a better standard these days.
> >
> > In case it helps there's more info here:
> > http://ocoins.info/
> > (though it looks like the generator isn't up any longer, maybe due to
> "OCLC
> > New Jersey" hosting?)
> >
> > Hopefully you'll get some more helpful advice from others!
> >
> > -Jodi
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 5:36 PM, Chad Mills <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I was able to easily find and create COinS for books and journals. I
> > > started thinking about images, video, audio, etc. I see references to
> > > 'info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:unknown' as a rft_val_fmt value some places. I
> > would
> > > assume if I went down that road the rft.genre would have a value of
> > > 'unknown' as well. Is there some other alternative I am missing when
> > > handling other formats?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > --
> > > Chad Mills
> > > Digital Library Architect
> > > Ph: 848.932.5924
> > > Fax: 848.932.1386
> > > Cell: 732.309.8538
> > >
> > > Rutgers University Libraries
> > > Scholarly Communication Center
> > > Room 409D, Alexander Library
> > > 169 College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
> > >
> > > http://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/
> > >
> >
>
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