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<p class=MsoNormal>Folks,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'>Rod Page has a slick scientific reference
parser at <a href="http://bioguid.info/references">http://bioguid.info/references</a>
and has also made an XML- & JSON- (with optional callback) generating
function with full references as input parameter. I won’t describe the guts
of the parser & how it works, but will instead leave that heavy lifting to
Rod. You may read more about it here: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/ynw2q2">http://tinyurl.com/ynw2q2</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'>I made a simple gadget for web page
developers/authors to take advantage of this superb service. All you have to do
is insert one line in the page header to insert a JavaScript file, download a
few small icons and make them available to the JavaScript (one minor edit in
the script), and adjust the markup associated with your references as follows:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><p><span class=”article”>This is one
full reference</span></p><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><p><span class=”article”>This is
another full reference</span></p><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>…and the functions in the JavaScript insert search
icons for each reference. Upon receiving a visitor’s click, a reference
is shuttled off to Rod’s parser and, after a very brief moment, the
search icon changes to a clickable icon depending on what was found in the DOI,
handle, PDF world. You can read more, get the script & icons, & try it
out on a Blogger post here: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/ytqxo6">http://tinyurl.com/ytqxo6</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'>What’s the point to all this?
Well, old reprints are being scanned (& hopefully being assigned DOIs) all
over the place. As a web page author, it’s a pain the neck to stay on top
of this game and yet there a strong desire to make references on a page clickable
such that visitors can immediately download the article(s). There are other
solutions to this, but my goal was to make a tool that is very simple to
implement & intuitively obvious for visitors.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Caveats:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>1)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>Only scientific articles in journals will return
successful responses, but of course nothing in life is guaranteed<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>2)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>There are a ton of ways a full reference to an article
can be written. Successful response from Rod’s service depends on the structure
of these references between the <span> elements. Before including this
JavaScript and adjusting the markup on your web pages, you’d best try a
few at <a href="http://bioguid.info/references">http://bioguid.info/references</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>3)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>Rod tweaks and updates services at <a
href="http://bioguid.info">http://bioguid.info</a> on a regular basis so consider
all this bleeding edge<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Have fun!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>David P. Shorthouse<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Department of Biological Sciences<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>CW-403, Biological Sciences Centre<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>University of Alberta<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:dps1@ualberta.ca">mailto:dps1@ualberta.ca</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://canadianarachnology.webhop.net">http://canadianarachnology.webhop.net</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://arachnidforum.webhop.net">http://arachnidforum.webhop.net</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.spiderwebwatch.org/">http://www.spiderwebwatch.org</a><br>
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