On Mar 28, 2014, at 20:23, Reto Stöckli wrote:
> This e-mail conversation is a perfect example how a solution in the old
> fashioned way would work much better (with or without beer) ... however we're
> living a few kilometers apart from each other, so let's find a constructive
> solution by e-mail ;-)
>>
>> We could also allow both. For instance "WOS" would be the default. Power
>> users who want to search only certain editions (I guess that's faster if you
>> know what you're interested in) can use something like "WOS SCI" or "WOS SCI
>> SSCI". Basically, the first in a space separated list is interpreted as the
>> databaseID, the rest is interpreted as editions to restrict the search to.
>> For backward compatibility we implicitly put WOS in front when the first
>> item is not a valid databaseID, so the old setting "SCI will be interpreted
>> as "WOS SCI".
>>
>> NSArray *IDs = [database componentsSeparatedByString:@" "];
>> NSString *dbID = [ids firstObject];
>> NSArray *editionIDs = nil;
>>
>> if ([knownDataseIDs containsObject:dbID] == NO) {
>> dbID = WOS_DB_ID;
>> editionIDs = IDs;
>> } else if ([IDs count] > 1) {
>> editionIDs = [IDs subArrayWithRange:NSMakeRange(1, [IDs count] - 1)];
>> }
>
> Yes, that is an option. I'm not sure yet if this allows a complete
> representation of
> a) the database structure (with the three sub-levels databaseID, collection
> and editions)
> b) the search structure (can we have several editions specified for the same
> database ID?)
>
> I will evaluate this idea. However, first, if you agree, I'd like to
> contribute my current version of the code to the SVN so that users of BibDesk
> get the ability back to search WOK/WOS/ISI (whatever!). It won't break user
> settings. I'll try to find some time next week to get the svn commit working.
>
> Have a great evening.
>
> Reto
I tried this out a bit and it seems to work as expected. As for a), I think the
collections and editions are mostly a legacy issue from WOS, because it looks
like only the WOS database has editions, and it has only one collection which
is also called WOS. See e.g. the Wikipedia page for WOK. So all info seems to
be contained in a databaseID and zero or more editionIDs, and only for WOS. And
for b), it works for me with multiple WOS editions, and I get a different
number of results depending on that or whether I have no edition.
Christiaan
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