Mea culpa. It has been pointed out to me that COinS is not,
in fact, a
microformat. My confusion stems from the fact that COinS
shares some
functionality with microformats. Sorry for adding to the
confusion,
Roy
On 7/28/06 8:34 AM, "Roy Tennant"
<Roy.Tennant ucop.edu> wrote:
> Uh, the COinS microformat _is_ OpenURL: http://ocoins.info// .
> Roy
>
>
> On 7/28/06 8:03 AM, "Karen Coyle"
<kcoylekcoyle.net> wrote:
>
>> Thanks to all who answered my query. So,
microformats carry/define
>> actionable data. Is there/could there be some
synergy with the OpenURL?
>> I ask this because the microformats, as described
on the wiki, seem to
>> me to be a bit kitchen-sink-y (one like this,
another like that), and
>> I'd rather see some unification rather than a
bunch of different formats.
>>
>> kc
>>
>> Ross Singer wrote:
>>> The intention of the microformat is to
semantically mark up data that
>>> appears in HTML.
>>>
>>> This way, items on web pages can become more
'actionable' (machines
>>> can figure out what's there and do something
with them) without the
>>> need for screen scraping (which is prone to
failure).
>>>
>>> There are those (ok, it's me) that grow a
little weary of their
>>> 'humans first' dogma; I'm not convinced that
/everything/ needs to
>>> appear in the display.
>>>
>>> Still, when you start working with the concept
of microformats it's
>>> tough to deny the usefulness.
>>>
>>> -Ross.
>>>
>>> On 7/27/06, Karen Coyle <kcoylekcoyle.net> wrote:
>>>> I took a look at some of this and still
can't quite figure out what
>>>> makes something a "microformat"
as opposed to a "format." (Yes, I read
>>>> the definition page on the wiki.) Can
anyone articulate that? It just
>>>> seems like an excuse to create YAF (yet
another format).
>>>>
>>>> kc
>>>>
>>>> Ross Singer wrote:
>>>>> You'll also see librarians and their
'ilk' all over:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://microfor
mats.org/wiki/citation
>>>>>
>>>>> and
>>>>>
>>>>> http://microformats.
org/wiki/uid
>>>>>
>>>>> -Ross.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 7/27/06, Jeremy Frumkin
<jeremy.frumkinoregonstate.edu> wrote:
>>>>>> So, work related to microformats
and libraries is already underway.
>>>>>> Check
>>>>>> out the unAPI work (http://unapi.info/), which
evolved from earlier
>>>>>> work on
>>>>>> COinS (http://www.ocoins.info).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- jaf
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 7/27/06 12:03 PM, "Keith
D. Engwall" <kengwallcatawba.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm curious as to what
interest there is among the library
>>>>>> community for
>>>>>>> Microformats (http://microformats.org).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm still getting my head
wrapped around them, but I think there's
>>>>>>> potential for developing
microformats for digital collections,
>>>> brief
>>>>>>> catalog records, etc.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For an excellent introduction
to what Microformats are, check out:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Digital Web Magazine:
Microformats Primer by Garrett Dimon
>>>>>>> (http://www.digital-web.com/articles/microformats_primer/
)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Microformats Wiki: Introduction
to Microformats
>>>>>>> (http://micr
oformats.org/wiki/introduction)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Keith
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
---------------------------------
>>>>>>> Keith Engwall
>>>>>>> Head of Library Systems and
Technology
>>>>>>> Catawba College
>>>>>>> Salisbury, NC
>>>>>>> kengwallcatawba.edu
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "For a successful
technology, reality must take precedence over
>>>> public
>>>>>>> relations, for nature cannot be
fooled." - Richard P. Feynman
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
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