Difference between revisions of "Template:Citation Style documentation/coins"
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| − | This template embeds [[COinS]] metadata in the HTML output, allowing [[reference management software]] to retrieve bibliographic metadata | + | This template embeds [[COinS]] metadata in the HTML output, allowing [[reference management software]] to retrieve bibliographic metadata. See: [[Wikipedia:COinS]]. |
*As a general rule, only one data item per parameter | *As a general rule, only one data item per parameter | ||
| − | *Do not include explanatory or alternate text: {{xt|{{para|date|27 September 2007}}}} not {{!xt|{{para|date|27 September 2007 (print version 25 September)}}}} | + | *Do not include explanatory or alternate text: |
| + | ** Use {{xt|{{para|date|27 September 2007}}}} not {{!xt|{{para|date|27 September 2007 (print version 25 September)}}}} | ||
*Be careful using templates within the citation template, as many will add a lot of extraneous HTML or CSS that will be rendered in the meta-data. | *Be careful using templates within the citation template, as many will add a lot of extraneous HTML or CSS that will be rendered in the meta-data. | ||
| − | **Known templates that should not be used: {{tl|smallcaps}} | + | **Known templates that should not be used: {{tl|smallcaps}} and {{tl|lang}}. |
Revision as of 12:26, 29 September 2013
This template embeds COinS metadata in the HTML output, allowing reference management software to retrieve bibliographic metadata. See: Wikipedia:COinS.
- As a general rule, only one data item per parameter
- Do not include explanatory or alternate text:
- Use
|date=27 September 2007not|date=27 September 2007 (print version 25 September)
- Use
- Be careful using templates within the citation template, as many will add a lot of extraneous HTML or CSS that will be rendered in the meta-data.
