Capret uses the same attribution code as OA chrome does (so title is
most likely the page title)
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Phil Barker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Quick question for people on this list: what information do you think should
> be in a citation for an OER?
>
> I think CaPRet is picking up Title (from dct:title) Author's name (from
> cc:attributionName) and licence (from HTML rel="license") [Anything else
> Brandon?]
>
> I'm inclined to think it should also record the date accessed? (should be
> easy since it doesn't come from the HTML)
>
> And how about Author URI (from cc:attributionURL) and date created/modified
> (from ??)? More difficult since these would have to be encoded in the HTML.
> [Pat, what else does the OpenAttribute plugins record?]
>
> P B (perpetual beta)
>
> On 15/08/11 22:25, Brandon Muramatsu wrote:
>>
>> We’re pleased to announce that we’re releasing a CaPRéT *alpha* for
>> testing and feedback! Take a look at:http://capret.mitoeit.org/.
>>
>> Please provide your feedback via Github's Issue tracker
>> <https://github.com/tatemae/capret/issues> for CaPRéT.
>>
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>>
>> What is CaPRéT?
>> Teachers and students cut and paste text from OER sites all the
>> time--usually that's where the story ends. The OER site doesn't know what
>> text was cut, nor how it might be used. Enter CaPRéT--Cut and Paste Reuse
>> Tracking. OER sites that are CaPRéT-enabled can now better understand how
>> their content is being used.
>>
>> When a user cuts and pastes text from a CaPRéT-enabled site:
>>
>> * The user gets the text as originally cut, and if their
>> application supports it the pasted text will also automatically
>> include attribution and licensing information.
>> * The OER site can also track what text was cut, allowing them to
>> better understand how users are using their site.
>>
>> For the alpha, we’ve built upon Pat Locksley’s OpenAttribute Chrome
>> extension (http://openattribute.com/) to find and parse embedded license
>> information. So if there’s license info that we can parse, and you paste the
>> text into a destination that supports the rewritten clipboard, we’ll display
>> attribution and license information.
>>
>> Testing CaPRéT
>> The alpha has the basics working, but it *is*an alpha release so not
>> everything’s perfect.
>>
>> We need your help to:
>>
>> * Test it out, does what you expect?
>> * Paste text from CaPRéT enabled sites into a variety of
>> locations, does it work the way you think it should?
>> * Add the javascript code to your website, does it behave in
>> unexpected or unusual ways?
>> * Suggest additional features or customizations of the attribution
>> and license display.
>>
>> You can test it for yourself athttp://capret.mitoeit.org/. The code is
>> available athttps://github.com/tatemae/capretunder a MIT License.
>>
>> Demo
>> There's a demo at http://capret.mitoeit.org/demo.html. But to demonstrate
>> how easy it is to use, I took the CaPRéT code snippet and inserted it on my
>> personal blog. So if we’ve done our work right, it should just work (to be
>> fair I tried this after Justin at Tatemae said he had the CaPRéT site up).
>>
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>> Visithttp://www.mura.org/2011/04/capret-receives-funding/and cut and paste
>> text to see for yourself.
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>> Brandon
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