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1 | 1 | # OpenLink Structured Data Sniffer |
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3 | 3 | ## Intro |
4 | | -The OpenLink Structured Data Sniffer (OSDS) is a plugin for the Chrome and Opera browsers that |
5 | | -detects and shows structured data embedded in web pages in either of the following formats: |
| 4 | +The OpenLink Structured Data Sniffer (OSDS) is a plugin for the Chrome, Opera and select versions of |
| 5 | +the Firefox browser, that detects and shows structured data embedded in web pages in either of the |
| 6 | +following formats: |
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7 | 8 | - **JSON-LD** |
8 | 9 | - **Microdata** |
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62 | 63 | - Open the Opera browser |
63 | 64 | - In address bar type in **opera:extensions** |
64 | | -- Click the **Developer Mode** button |
| 65 | +- Press the **Developer Mode** button |
65 | 66 | - Choose the option **Load unpacked extension...** |
66 | 67 | - Navigate to the folder containing the extracted source |
67 | 68 | - Press the **Select** button |
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| 70 | +### Install the extension in Firefox |
| 71 | +At this time Mozilla is deprecating their *XCOM*, *XUL* etc. API in favor of using the WebExtension |
| 72 | +API which is scheduled to be releases in FireFox versions around Q2 2016. For now this extension |
| 73 | +will only work with **Firefox Developer Edition** or **Firefox Nightly** and not with the regular |
| 74 | +FireFox version 42.0 or below. |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | +Download the [Firefox OSDS .zip](https://github.com/openlink/structured-data-sniffer/releases/download/v2.3.0/OSDS_FF.zip) |
| 77 | +file and extract the .xpi file. |
| 78 | + |
| 79 | +To install this extension manually, use the following steps: |
| 80 | +- Open the **Firefox Developer Edition** browser |
| 81 | +- In address bar type: **about:config** |
| 82 | +- Press the **I'll be careful, i promise** button |
| 83 | +- Search for **xpinstall.signatures.required** |
| 84 | +- Double click that line so the value is set to **false** |
| 85 | +- In address bar type: **about:addons** |
| 86 | +- Click on the Gear icon and select **Install Add-On from file...** from the menu |
| 87 | +- Navigate to the directory where you extracted the OSDS_FF.xpi file, select this file and press the |
| 88 | + **Open** button |
| 89 | +- Press the **install** button |
| 90 | + |
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70 | 92 | ### Examples |
71 | 93 | Navigate to a page containing structured data such as: |
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