Thanks for asking Ben,

Yeah, we looked at other microformats.  I don't think RDFa came up on our
radar for this use case, but the group I work with has implemented that for
other projects.  Our specific narrow target was "something zotero can parse
<https://github.com/zotero/translators/search?q=%22function+doWeb%22&unscoped_q=%22function+doWeb%22>"
from the html of a web page, and we happened to already be generating
openurls for a number of our records. So COinS was the most expedient
option.  Other options that looked like they would work had been unapi, or
extending the Zotero csl-json translator to examine script tags within web
pages.

Best wishes,

Albert


On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 4:48 AM Companjen, B.A. <
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> That's interesting! I haven't got any experience with implementing COinS,
> but I would think that embedded microdata or RDFa is as easy to implement
> and has a wider reach (i.e. search engines pick it up too). Have you
> considered microdata or RDFa?
>
> Ben
>
> On 19-03-19, 17:13, "Code for Libraries on behalf of Albert Bertram" <
> [log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>     We're going to be adding COinS to our discovery search engine because
> it's
>     custom and Zotero doesn't pickup our records automatically.  COinS was
> the
>     most cost-effective option in terms of developer time and long-term
>     maintenance.
>
>     Notably, there didn't appear to be translator for json encoded metadata
>     like ld-json csl-json that would discover records embedded in script
> tags.
>
>     On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 11:47 AM Kyle Banerjee <
> [log in to unmask]>
>     wrote:
>
>     > If you have to ask, you have your answer :)
>     >
>     > On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 8:00 AM Bigwood, David <
> [log in to unmask]>
>     > wrote:
>     >
>     > > Are COinS still of any value? Or should I clean-up my pages by
> getting
>     > rid
>     > > of them? I haven't heard them mentioned in years.
>     > >
>     > > Thanks,
>     > > David Bigwood
>     > > [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>     > > Regional Planetary Image Facility/Library
>     > > Lunar and Planetary Institute
>     > > https://www.facebook.com/RPIFN/
>     > > https://repository.hou.usra.edu/
>     > >
>     >
>
>
>