Hi, without having had only the smallest insight in law practitioner's citation habits there is one thing that comes to my mind. It's just one thing that might possibly be helpful to your efforts: CiteInPages <http://jhh.med.virginia.edu/main/CiteInPages> is also relying on AppleScript to achieve goals similar to the ones you are mentioning in Apple's Pages (which is able at least to export to MS .doc).
Best, Stephan Conor McDonough wrote: > Hello, > > I recently learned about the utility of the LaTex and BibTex systems > during some research into the possibility of automated legal citation. > I am a Mac user, and came across the Bibdesk page at Wikipedia, and > later began using Bibdesk to store my legal references (cases, statutes, > law review articles etc.) because of the ease with which Bibdesk allowed > me to create new categories of references, as well as the ability to > customize the export of these references in XML documents. > > One issue that I have been examining is the development of software > tools that allow users to automatically format legal citations in their > documents using a database-driven system like the BIbTex or Endnote > tools. A complication in this area is that the superior tools for > bibliographic management such as Bibdesk (a terrific tool) is not > apparently compatible with the text editing tool most practicing lawyers > and law professors are effectively required to use, MS Word. > Conversely, a common tool that is compatible with MS Word (Endnote) is > not sufficiently extensible to represent citations according to the > rules legal practitioners must follow. I would be the first to concede > that Word is an inappropriate choice for professional typesetting, but > this reality is not readily changed en masse; lawyers and law professors > are essentially stuck with MS Word. This led me to try to develop my > own barebones system on the Mac that uses Applescript and XML to > correctly format legal citations in the proper format within MS Word. I > found that this tool was very promising, but I also felt that my crude > user interface was not sufficient for any sort of distribution to other > users. > > I was therefore curious if it were possible to extend the functionality > of Bibdesk by grafting my Applescript code onto Bibdesk to have a tool > that not only works within the LaTex/BibTex environment, but also > operates within MS Word for the Mac for the purposes of formatting legal > citations. If you have the chance to respond to me, I would be most > appreciative! > > cheers, > > Conor ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-develop mailing list Bibdesk-develop@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-develop
