Browser extension for identifiers.org

This browser extension aims at facilitating workflows that use identifiers.org URIs. Both Firefox and Google Chrome are supported.

Important

This extension is currently a work in progress.

Features

Two main feature groups are available: the embedded search bars and the action menu actions.

Embedded search bars

The current search bars are available from the extension menu at the identifiers.org homepage for easy access. These work in the same was as in the homepage.

Context menu actions

These are available by right-clicking selected text, links and web pages.

The three actions available are:

Resolve selected CURIE

By selecting a CURIE string on any page, users can go to the URL resolved by our resolution services.

Get identifiers.org URI for selected URL

By right-clicking a link or selecting a URL as text, an identifiers.org URI can be generated for it if it is in our registry.

Get identifiers.org URI for this page

By right-clicking any page, an identifiers.org URI can be generated for it if it is in our registry.

Compilation

To generate zipped files for Firefox and Chrome, use the npm script build:all. Alternatively, build:firefox and build:chrome are available to build only a specific zip file.

npm install
npm run build:all

Instalation

While this is a work in progress, please use Firefox's or Chrome's extension debugging features. The zip files will be available after running the compilation steps above.

• Load extension-firefox.zip as a temporary add-on on Firefox
• Unpack extension-chrome.zip and load it on Google Chrome

Troubleshooting

• Please make sure notifications are enabled on your browser and OS; otherwise, the extension will be completely silent, and you might mistake it for not working.