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This template embeds [[COinS]] metadata in the HTML output, allowing [[reference management software]] to retrieve bibliographic metadata; see [[Wikipedia:COinS]]. | 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: {{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}}, {{tl|lang}}. |
Revision as of 05:38, 27 August 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:
|date=27 September 2007
not|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.