Special:FindCitableMetadata
provides access to selected metadata provider to map
external data to the internal #scite
format. Supported providers are:
- PubMed (PMID, PMCID)
- CrossRef (DOI)
- OpenLibrary
- OCLC (WorldCat)
- VIAF
This video shows the usage variety of the metadata search.
A link Special:FindCitableMetadata
+ /doi/10.1126/science.1152662
or /pubmed/18487186
with a type and ID parameter allows to execute a search immediately.
After a successful search, a generated #scite
form is provided which can either
be copied manually (see the Search text
button) or with the help of the auto creation
feature (use the Create
button) can add an individual article directly from the
special page.
The data received from a service provider are compacted to fit the #scite
format but the
parameter &format=raw
can be used to display the unprocessed data retrieved from a provider.
If a citation resource already exists for one of the selected identifiers then a link to this resource is provided.
Special:FindCitableMetadata
allows to create a dedicated article containing the mapped
#scite
with content from the search and a page title that is generated from:
CR:
(is the fixed identifier indicating a citation resource article)- UID prefix (
PMC
,PMID
,OCLC
etc.) and - UID itself
For example, a search for 18487186
on the PubMed database is expected to create the article
CR:PMID:18487186
containing the filtered #scite
content matched during the
search if the user was to engage in a Create
action.
It is possible to customize CR:
and be recognized as separate namespace so
that it is distinguishable from other content.
// Define custom CR namespace
define( "NS_CR", 3000 );
define( "NS_CR_TALK", 3001 );
$GLOBALS['wgExtraNamespaces'][NS_CR] = "CR";
$GLOBALS['wgExtraNamespaces'][NS_CR_TALK] = "CR_talk";
// Enable annotation for the CR namespace when used as custom NS
$GLOBALS['smwgNamespacesWithSemanticLinks'][NS_CR] = true;
If this step is done after resources have already been created rebuildData.php
needs to be
executed to ensure that annotations are reconnected to the newly assigned namespace number.
To avoid repeated data downloads from a service provider, requests are cached that contain the
same signature with an expiry specified by $GLOBALS['scigMetadataResponseCacheLifetime']
.
By default, the access to the search is restricted to users with the sci-metasearch
right.