Re: COinS in OL?

From: Ere Maijala <ere.maijala_at_nyob>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 15:11:20 -0500
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Gabriel Farrell wrote:
> COinS would be great, but unAPI would be useful also. In the case of
> Zotero, for example, more information can be passed along with unAPI
> than with COinS.

I agree. They are not mutually exclusive and can be used for quite 
different purposes. In my experience COinS is great for getting the data 
for OpenURL linking, but unAPI is much better for saving records and 
gives the client the power to decide what information it needs.

--Ere

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Ere Maijala (Mr.)
IT Research Specialist
The National Library of Finland
Received on Tue Dec 02 2008 - 14:26:27 EST