I seemed to be wrong and right. There are some metada in PDF and acrobat reader shows them in the file menu under properties, but I was right, that there is no structure in this and they are different across pdfs and unusable since they are not harmonized.
Bernhard Am 31.01.2016 um 22:48 schrieb Bernhard Kleine: > I wonder whether there are reproducibly extractable metadata in PDF. > They should be put into a previously and general accepted structure that > they could be automatically extracted and used for example in a jabref > wrapper. Given the amount of publishers around I doubt that will ever be > the case. All of them have their proprieatary game to play. The DOI by > itself is already much of an achievement, which however is an encoded > away from the text, but once you have it, you can get a document into > Jabref. > > My 2 €-cents > > Bernhard > > Am 31.01.2016 um 22:31 schrieb Precious Cantu: >> Hi >> >> I’ve been trying to find this option with Jabref. Can Jabref automatically >> extract metadata from pdfs and rename them according to a certain criteria. >> For example when I download research papers, usually they are named >> something generic like “fulltext1.pdf” Is there a way to drag&drop this pdf >> file into Jabref and have Jabref extraction information from the pdfs >> metadata and rename the file to something like “Author_Year”? >> >> Thanks >> Precious >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance >> APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month >> Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now >> Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! >> http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=267308311&iu=/4140 >> _______________________________________________ >> Jabref-users mailing list >> Jabref-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jabref-users >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance > APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month > Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now > Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=267308311&iu=/4140 > _______________________________________________ > Jabref-users mailing list > Jabref-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jabref-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=267308311&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Jabref-users mailing list Jabref-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jabref-users
