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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/ > > > > > >