problems with citeulike library page (i.e. COinS?) import

Hi
I'm trying to import data via my citeulike page (I know I can use bibtex export and then import etc, but this seemed easier). Unfortunately, zotero imports the data incorrectly. For an example, navigate to
http://www.citeulike.org/user/krthie
and click on the zotero import sign and import e.g. the first few references

problem 1: proceedings are not imported (they don't end up in the selection dialog box)

problem 2:first author is stored as last

problem 3: initials of first author are not recorded (when rft.auinit is used?)
example: the ref "Instrumentation factors affecting variance and bias of quantifying tracer uptake with PET/CT" has first author R.K. Doot, auinit in the COinS info is set to RK, but Zotero does not record a first name (it does for the other authors).

problem 4: the translator fails on the citeulike page for a spcific tag, e.g.
http://www.citeulike.org/user/krthie/tag/quantitation

problem 5: tags etc are not imported, but I guess this is just a limitation of COinS.

I checked the COinS content of the HTML tha tciteulike generates and it looks fine to me.

Note that problems 1,2,3 and 5 do not occur when I use import from the citeulike page for a single article (e.g. http://www.citeulike.org/user/krthie/article/9399683). I guess that the translator used is different in this case.
  • There was just a glitch in the regexp so the dedicated CiteULike translator didn't work for user pages. Please download a copy of the translator from here:
    https://gist.github.com/raw/1022539/c3707adb14eea4c4033e6611cb422014ba756260/CiteULike.js
    and use it to replace the existing copy of the translator in Zotero's translator folder
    (http://www.zotero.org/support/zotero_data).
    You may have to restart Firefox - let us know if this works for you and we can quickly push the new translator.

    (ajlyon: The only change is an added |/user/| in the regexp)
  • Nice troubleshooting. The updated translator is now in the main repository and should be included in the next release of Zotero.
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