Thanks for the responses on this -- we're going to see what we can do. Chris Catalfo LibraryThing
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Eric Hellman <e...@hellman.net> wrote: > Wikipedia uses the DC metadata format for non-book objects, rft.identifier > is part of the DC metadata format; if you are describing a book, you want to > use the book metadata format. > > Jonathan is correct, rft_id is a possible place to put an accession number > for a book, but only if you can make a URI out of it. You might also > consider rft_dat as long as you include rfr_id. > > Great to hear LibraryThing is looking at COinS! > > Eric > > > > On Apr 29, 2009, at 4:01 PM, Chris Catalfo wrote: > > Hi all, >> >> I am trying to find the best way to include an item's accession number >> (i.e. >> ILS system id) in a COiNS span. This is in the context of library catalog >> pages where I'd like to be able to retrieve the ILS accession number to >> return to LibraryThing for Libraries. >> >> I see no mention of an rft.identifier key/value pair on the COiNS site's >> brief guide to books [1]. It does, however, appear as an element in the >> COiNS online generator for generic items [2]. >> >> Googling returned a couple of results using rft.identifier to hold urls. >> >> Can anyone enlighten me as to whether using rft.identifier to hold the ILS >> accession number is valid? Or suggest a more suitable key/value pair? >> >> Thanks for any help you can provide. >> >> Chris Catalfo >> Programmer, LibraryThing >> >> [1] http://ocoins.info/cobgbook.html >> [2] http://generator.ocoins.info/?sitePage=info/dc.html& >> > > Eric Hellman > 41 Watchung Plaza, #132 > Montclair, NJ 07042 > USA > > e...@hellman.net (personal) > http://hellman.net/eric/ >