Bruce D'Arcus wrote: > On Apr 10, 2007, at 4:56 AM, Ian Laurenson wrote: > >> Have worked out a way using Python and httplib's HTTPConnection to >> connect to Zotero. > > Great. > >> For a quick hack I will use bookmarks rather than fields as OOo doesn't >> appear to have a field that allows formatted text. > > Makes sense.
And the future implementation of OOo's "extended text fields" will probably use the same approach. Oliver Specht has already done some coding for an improved input field, so perhaps it might make sense to ask him about details. > Yes, both OOo and ODF have pretty poor field support. But that should > change soon. The ODF metadata proposal include a new field -- > text:meta-field -- that I hope will be suitable for citations. > > I'm still torn about whether we need a dedicated citation field (which > has been approved, but is not yet included in the ODF spec, and might > not be needed with the generic metadata field). >From all what I see coming along I'm happy that we will have a dedicated citation field. This is not due to implementation issues but due to the fact that it's always good to have an exact specification about what you are going to do. Ciao, Mathias -- Mathias Bauer (mba) - Project Lead OpenOffice.org Writer OpenOffice.org Engineering at Sun: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS Please don't reply to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". I use it for the OOo lists and only rarely read other mails sent to it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
