The COinS plugin comes packaged with every Omeka.net site, and makes the data available in your website readable by bibliographic tools.

The COinS plugin embeds citation metadata into the pages of your Omeka.net site for each item. COinS (ContextObjects in Spans) is “a simple, ad hoc community specification for publishing OpenURL references in HTML.”

After installing, your items are viewable to certain online bibliographic tools by automatically embedding citation metadata in your website, such as Zotero.

Omeka item that is Zotero-readable

The intention of this plugin is to facilitate online research as well as interoperability with other systems.