Connector intermittently does not recognize COinS
Report ID: 1827420700
The Connector for Chrome does not appear to recognize COinS in the SirsiDynix BLUEcloud Course Lists student interface. The problem appears to be intermittent (yet frequent) although I have not been able to determine the circumstances that cause the failure. In at least one case I had the same URL open in two different tabs and on one tab the Connector recognized COinS and on the other the Connector used "Web Page with Snapshot".
Steps to replicate:
1. Go to any of the following URLs.
https://tsb.dev.sirsidynix.net/easl/2fd2d4b4-c60b-451f-89d3-8fe9fbe5b3d1/TD2002/sirsi
https://emea1.bc.sirsidynix.net.uk/easl/3240b841-bdec-4464-a9e5-d0c2470c3e00/STG-MA-MOD2-SU1/stg
2. Point to the Connector and observe the translator used.
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Can anyone point me in the right direction? Is this a bug with the Connector?
The Connector for Chrome does not appear to recognize COinS in the SirsiDynix BLUEcloud Course Lists student interface. The problem appears to be intermittent (yet frequent) although I have not been able to determine the circumstances that cause the failure. In at least one case I had the same URL open in two different tabs and on one tab the Connector recognized COinS and on the other the Connector used "Web Page with Snapshot".
Steps to replicate:
1. Go to any of the following URLs.
https://tsb.dev.sirsidynix.net/easl/2fd2d4b4-c60b-451f-89d3-8fe9fbe5b3d1/TD2002/sirsi
https://emea1.bc.sirsidynix.net.uk/easl/3240b841-bdec-4464-a9e5-d0c2470c3e00/STG-MA-MOD2-SU1/stg
2. Point to the Connector and observe the translator used.
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Can anyone point me in the right direction? Is this a bug with the Connector?
Is this a site you're managing/have some control over?
Interestingly, we have other software in our portfolio that similarly uses JavaScript to build COinS and this does not appear to evidence the same problem. For example:
https://ulms.ent.sirsidynix.net.uk/client/en_GB/kent/search/results?qu=nursing&te=&ir=Both
The site with the problem is built using React. I mention this in case it seems relevant. Note that Zotero does sometimes see the COinS, but more often than not it does not.
You could look at forcing a Zotero to recheck once the site content is fully loaded, if that's an option?
https://www.zotero.org/support/dev/exposing_metadata#force_zotero_to_refresh_metadata
Many thanks!