Zotero and COinS

rena · June 9, 2008

Hello,

First of all, thanks for the great tool!

I have noticed a couple of problems while using Zotero with COinS:
- unfortunately Zotero doesn't support rft.language, although the COinS
generator creates it.
- rft.description is added to the field "Extra" and not to "Abstract".

In addition, I don't have support for the following document types: Image, Sheet Music and Journal. It is possible to include them in the next version of Zotero?

Regards,

Rena

alun · June 17, 2008

Just to say 'me too' really. Zotero could persuade me to use Firefox more regularly. I usually use Opera and Safari. I've modified the Wordpress plug-in to add the_excerpt as rft.description on my own site and while mapping to Extra isn't a huge problem, abstract would seem more appropriate.

To add a description you just add:
&rft.description=<?php echo(urlencode(get_the_excerpt())); ?>
somwhere in the part that forms the SPAN.

peyssard · June 23, 2008

Hi,
We are in the process of implementing COinS over our portal (www.revues.org) and we notice the same problem :
- Zotero doesn't support our rft.language.
- Our rft.description is not supported too
Here is a sample code :

<span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.title=Le+vocabulaire+%C3%A9conomique+et+technique+des+polyptyques&rft.atitle=Le+vocabulaire+%C3%A9conomique+et+technique+des+polyptyques&rft.eissn=1957-7745&rft.issn=0982-1783&rft_id=http://devel.revues.org/07/histoiremesure/document833.html&rfr_id=info:sid/http://devel.revues.org/07/histoiremesure/document833.html:833&rft.language=fr&rft.rights=Propriété+intellectuelle&rft.date=2003-12-20&rft.pages=313-333&rft.genre=article&rft.type=article&rft.description=L’analyse+factorielle+du+vocabulaire+économique+et+technique+d’un+corpus+documentaire+de+huit+polyptyques+carolingiens+(ixe siècle)+relatif+aux+domaines+agricoles+situés+entre+Loire+et+Rhin+révèle+que+ces+textes+utilisent+certes+quelques+formules+de+base,+mais+surtout+que+chaque+polyptyque+a+ses+caractères+propres.+Elle+permet+de+mettre+en+évidence+une+vingtaine+de+mots+de+base,+liés+aux+impératifs+d’une+description+des+domaines+agricoles,+et+de+nombreuses+oppositions+lexicales+entre+les+textes.+S’il+existait+peut-être+des+formulaires+types+menant+à+la+rédaction+d’un+polyptyque,+l’étude+du+vocabulaire+de+ce+corpus+reflète+que+chacun+des+gestionnaires+ou+des+rédacteurs+rédigeait+son+document+selon+des+objectifs+précis+liés+aux+besoins+locaux.The+Economic+and+Technical+Vocabulary+of+Polyptychs.+Factorial+Analysis+of+economic+and+technical+vocabulary+of+eight+Carolingian+polyptychs+of+the+9th+Century+relative+to+agricultural+domains+located+between+the+Loire+and+the+Rhine+reveals+that+these+texts+used,+of+course,+several+formulas+in+commun,+but+more+importantly,+that+each+was+an+individual+statement.+The+analysis+reveals+some+twenty+basic+words+requisite+for+a+description+of+agricultural+domains+and+numerous+lexical+oppositions+among+the+texts+at+the+same+time.+If+indeed+there+are+typical+formulations+used+in+the+construction+of+a+polyptych,+study+of+the+vocabulary+reveals+that+each+was+ordered+according+to+the+specific+objectives+of+local+needs.&rft.issue=3/4&rft.volume=XVIII&rft.jtitle=Histoire+et+mesure&rft.au=Guérault,+Stéphane">
</span>

Does anyone has an idea if its a known bug or a feature request to come or anything else we miss ?
At last I want to send so many thanks from France to the Zotero team for developping such a wonderful tool.
Best regards,
Jean-Christophe

sean · June 23, 2008

Thanks for bringing this issue to our attention. Fixed in the dev build and available in the next release. And Jean-Christophe, nous vous en prions.