I just added Doi as a default field in my library. Quite a few references already had it. I created a new reference and copied in a value for the Doi field in the Edit window.
I was surprised that it didn't show up in the Files section, because those items that had a Doi now had a link to the dx.doi.org resolver. Adding the Doi column did give me a clickable link. I tested a bit in a new bibliography and if I closed the bib then re- opened it I got the 'migration' dialog pane, and once I said Convert the Doi link showed up in the Files pane. The same happens for URL (or Eprints fields), so I assume this is about fields typed "Remote URL". So is there a recommended way to add Doi so that the library doesn't have to be 'converted' again to have them show up in the Files pane? For URLs (starting with http:) I can simply paste into the Files pane, but this doesn't work when one has a Doi on the pasteboard (I guess because it doesn't start with Doi). (since DOIs aren't URLs how would one sniff that one has a DOI?) I find it a little non-intuitive that simply adding a URL to the URL field or a string to the Doi field, after one has converted one's library doesn't add them to the Files pane. Thx, James ps. I think implementing the paste into File Area for DOI might be hard since there is no easy way to tell that a string is a DOI: http://info-uri.info/registry/OAIHandler?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=reg&identifier=info:doi/ > The syntax of the DOI string is: DIR"."REG"/"DSS > where > DIR is the Directory Code assigned by the International DOI > Foundation, > REG is the Registrant Code assigned to the Registrant by the > International DOI > Foundation, and > DSS is the DOI Suffix String which is assigned by the Registrant. > There is no limit on the length of a DOI string, or any of its > components. > Legal characters are the legal graphic characters of Unicode. so AFAICS one could only test to see whether it matches this regex: .+\..+\/.+ ouch. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
