[dev-biblio] Re: [users-biblio] Re: [dev-biblio] Re: [users-biblio] Initial comments on OOoBib UI Architectural Design 2.0

2005-02-24 Thread Dow Hurst
The simpler (like Google) the better in my opinion. Usage of EndNote in our research group is viewed as a lifesaver for managing PubMed references, switching Journal bibliographic formats with a click of a button, and reordering references while working on a paper. The user interface doesn't

Re: [dev-biblio] Re: [users-biblio] Initial comments on OOoBib UI Architectural Design 2.0

2005-02-24 Thread Bruce D'Arcus
sorry, some messages aren't going to both lists; Rob and I were discussing simple (google like) vs. complex (library GUI like) search interfaces. On Feb 24, 2005, at 9:54 AM, Dr Robert Sanderson wrote: That's fine, so long as we have both options. Sure, that's all I'm arguing for :) Nice to see

Re: [dev-biblio] Re: [users-biblio] Initial comments on OOoBib UI Architectural Design 2.0

2005-02-24 Thread Dr Robert Sanderson
backend will have some clever relevance ranking system, you need to have multiple fields to allow for precise searches. That's fine, so long as we have both options. Sure, that's all I'm arguing for :) Rob ,'/:. Dr Robert Sanderson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ,'-/.http://ww

Re: [dev-biblio] Re: [users-biblio] Initial comments on OOoBib UI Architectural Design 2.0

2005-02-24 Thread Bruce D'Arcus
On Feb 24, 2005, at 9:29 AM, Dr Robert Sanderson wrote: Certainly. But as you say, you often know what you're looking for. So you need a more advanced search interface than just a google like single query box. We need both. Sure. There's plenty of relevance ranking algorithms available for th

Re: [dev-biblio] Re: [users-biblio] Initial comments on OOoBib UI Architectural Design 2.0

2005-02-24 Thread Dr Robert Sanderson
On Feb 24, 2005, at 8:55 AM, Dr Robert Sanderson wrote: Web searches are looking for data that you do not know. One presumes that the opposite is true when you are searching within your own database of citations. I don't think this is necessarily the case. Often I do know generally what I nee

Re: [dev-biblio] Re: [users-biblio] Initial comments on OOoBib UI Architectural Design 2.0

2005-02-24 Thread Bruce D'Arcus
On Feb 24, 2005, at 8:55 AM, Dr Robert Sanderson wrote: Web searches are looking for data that you do not know. One presumes that the opposite is true when you are searching within your own database of citations. I don't think this is necessarily the case. Often I do know generally what I need

Re: [dev-biblio] Re: [users-biblio] Initial comments on OOoBib UI Architectural Design 2.0

2005-02-24 Thread Dr Robert Sanderson
Can we arrange it so that we have a default type of search, but that we can make some type of configurable search interface so that particular sources can have different types of controlled or uncontrolled searches?  I'm personally of the opinion that we need to learn not from library database

[dev-biblio] Re: [users-biblio] Initial comments on OOoBib UI Architectural Design 2.0

2005-02-24 Thread Bruce D'Arcus
On Feb 24, 2005, at 5:15 AM, Van-Couvering,EJ (pgr) wrote: First, I take it from the design docs that we propose, in phase one, to only allow access to OoBib from within OoWriter.  I would like to urge that we rethink that decision and somehow allow the database GUI to be opened standalone.  I h