On Wed, 2006-03-01 at 18:41 -0500, Bruce D'Arcus wrote > IIRC, you're into Python. We should see if Peter pops his head up, > since they're using it as well. I got the sense it can be integrated > with Word. >
that's right -- python is the only language I'm really comfortable with. It would be nice for me if there was already a good project going in Python. On the other hand, refbase looks to have a pretty good feature set already. Matthias tells me he has just added full bibutils suport to refbase, which I guess means that endnote support is pretty good (probably imperfect though). And with SRU, the prospect of wp integration is much better than it has been in the past. As I understand it, one would set up a system like this: A. Refbase as main db (1) upload existing refs into refbase using endnote import (would be nice if dupe protection was implemented, I imagine it's not). (2) continue to add refs either via endnote (or jabref or whatever) data entry or through web interface B. Citeproc as citation formatter I guess a fair amount of dull labour still has to be undertaken to create journal styles? C. Write Components for individual Word Processors that allows (1) query of db & (2) processing through citeproc. I supose 1 is a special case of 2 (a 'list' style that gives access to a list of relevant refs ) this means: - learn something about word (!) & implement an interface, copying endnote's or refwork's. I have no idea how one would do this. - wait for OOo to implement a real bibliographic interface! or write a python component that can insert fields via citeproc/refbase & modify them. So the labour would be in writing the wp components, and perhaps in creating a couple dozen xml stylesheets for citeproc. Is that about right? Matt > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
