https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19262
--- Comment #50 from Bawolff <[email protected]> 2012-11-16 02:48:22 UTC --- (In reply to comment #49) > LibX (libx.org) is a COinS processor, used by over 200,000 users affiliated > with over 1,000 libraries worldwide. We link users to their OpenURL resolvers > to obtain referenced items - journal and newspaper articles and books. > > We are in the middle of a project to greatly improve COinS processing, with > Wikipedia as the primary beneficiary. Whereas the current implementation > simply links users; our planned implementation would contact the user's > library > through such APIs as the Summon API and directly find links to where the user > can get the item. This is of tremendous benefit, particularly to users of > academic libraries with subscriptions to journal database or news paper > archives. > > Please restore this functionality, either by restoring COinS, ajaxing COinS, > or > using alternative microformats; please provide this functionality such that > not > only metadata extraction is facilitated (like Zotero needs), but also such > that > a user interface can be provided that alerts users that an agent has processed > the metadata - LibX, for instance, places a 'cue' where a COinS appears; we > would like to add a tooltip. See an example of our envisioned design here: > http://libx.org/how-to-set-up-libx-with-the-summon-api/ (This shows what we > right now do for ISBNs on a page - we are working on doing just that for > COinS, > though would probably stop this project if Wikipedia drops COinS since you are > the major provider at this point.) > > Thank you for your consideration. There's probably a good chance the Wikipedians will add back COinS metadata once scribunto is deployed assuming the assumed performance predictions hold true. At this point I'd recommend just waiting it out. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
