See: https://www.zotero.org/trac/ticket/524

Cheers,
Ian

On Wed, 2007-06-06 at 04:58 -0700, Matthew Yates wrote:
> Bruce,
> 
> Thanks for pointing out Zotero.  I didn't know about
> it.  I installed it and it looks promising.
> 
> However, I don't see where Zotero helps with OOo
> bibliographies.  According to:
> 
> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Bibliographic_Hints_and_Tips#How_to_load_Zotero_reference_data_into_Openoffice.
> 
> The Zotero references are loaded into the existing OOo
> database for references.  Is there some other route to
> putting Zotero references in OOo documents?  I'm
> assuming something else must be in development based
> on your e-mail, but I can't find if it is implemented.
> 
> -Matt
> 
> --- Bruce D'Arcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > I just sent Mathias an off-list note, but was
> > thinking a bit more,  
> > so ...
> > 
> > Developers working with the Zotero project
> > (http://zotero.org) just  
> > about have OOo integration sorted out. This is
> > great!
> > 
> > There's one problem, however, that relates to a
> > limitation in OOo.
> > 
> > They want round-trip compatabilty with Word. User
> > creates document in  
> > Word and adds citations, and they should remain live
> > in OOo.
> > 
> > Using fields in Word is by far the preferred
> > solution here. But OOo  
> > does not really have any generic field support, and
> > it doesn't really  
> > preserve field logic.
> > 
> > To get around this, Ian Laurenson is using bookmarks
> > in OOo. That  
> > works apparently.
> > 
> > But doing so in Word is less-than-ideal.
> > 
> > We're thus stuck with less-than-ideal options: using
> > bookmarks in  
> > Word, or breaking the chance for round-tripping
> > between Word and OOo.
> > 
> > So I'd like to suggest two possible solutions for
> > OOo:
> > 
> > 1) on Word import, convert fields to bookmarks
> > 
> > 2) support the new text:meta-field structure that
> > will be in ODF 1.2,  
> > and map Word fields to it
> > 
> > Obviously I'd consider #2 to tbe more
> > forward-looking option. It  
> > would just also require implementing an RDF library
> > and API to manage  
> > the metadata associated with the field.
> > 
> > Bruce 
> > 
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