Machine Readable Format Output Option

[arag...@gmail.com]

Currently, the browser addons have the option of giving either HTML or text, neither of which is easy to read without a fair amount of string processing and hacks. It would be useful if a third option was available, such as CSV, was available. I'll file bugs against the addons, but it would make sense if they all used the same format.

[Nathan Yergler]

I think of CSV as primarily useful for multiple records of the same
sort of information. What information would you like to get out as
CSV? I can't speak for the Chrome implementation, but it's unlikely
I'll write the code for Firefox. I'm open to reviewing a pull request
:).

NRY

[Pat Lockley]

I couldn't see much of a use case either, but then I thought that
Chrome and Opera cache the data for all URLs in one object.

My current work involves a lot of CC licensed stuff and it'd be handy
to trawl a lot of urls and then get all the data.

So I added in an "all data" button, which displays a list of all the
data from this session.

(and in opera).

[arag...@gmail.com]

One use case is attributing pictures etc. in latex documents without co-opting the whole bibtex/natbib/etc. referencing system. Using a simple command e.g. \CC{<the attribution from OpenAttribute>} rather than copying the text, then adding formatting etc., makes it change formatting etc.

CSV was just a suggestion, the main idea being it's easy to apply regex (or some other string processing), and it's not as complex as xml.