> For sake of argument, why can't we have a simple general solution like: > CSL styles go into a common directory; on linux, say ~/.cslstyles or some > such.
That is not simple for the majority of users. The most generic thing I can suggest is that you provide a link to a .csl file and serve it with the right mime type. Zotero (in Firefox at least) intercepts the download based on the mime types, native apps can register as handlers for the .csl extension and can provide drag-and-drop support. Mendeley is not currently registered as a handler for .csl files I believe but it should be a simple change to make. Regards, Rob. On 10 April 2013 14:36, Bruce D'Arcus <[email protected]> wrote: > Question: what's involved in "getting the style into the user's app"? > > For sake of argument, why can't we have a simple general solution like: > > CSL styles go into a common directory; on linux, say ~/.cslstyles or some > such. > > Apps then simply watch that directory. > > I'm not a developer, so probably missing some detail, but I think > simple is better all around. > > On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 7:43 AM, Robert Knight > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I think I might be re-stating Frank's suggestion here. >> >> For mendeley:// links, we have an intermediate URL at >> open.mendeley.com (eg. >> http://open.mendeley.com/library/filter/mendeley-suggest) which >> forwards to mendeley:// or gives the user further steps if they do not >> have Mendeley installed. >> >> We could provide a similar page on citationstyles.org which would >> handle the details of getting the style into the user's app. A simple >> implementation would present a list of apps and clicking one would >> forward to that app (eg. via a mendeley:// link, or a direct CSL link >> for Zotero) or provide suitable instructions. >> >> Regards, >> Rob. >> >> On 10 April 2013 09:42, Carles Pina <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> In Mendeley: the publisher could host the style in any place and then >>> have a link like: >>> mendeley://csl://http://publisher.com/style/style1.csl >>> >>> The browser will invoke Mendeley to handle this link, which one will >>> download the style, install and select it. >>> >>> We always push the publishers to add the styles to citationstyles.org >>> github repository (with more or less success). >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> On 9 April 2013 19:47, Sebastian Karcher <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> I'm not sure about 2 - I see a lot of potential downsides to that, too, but >>>> I thought >>>> 1) was in general already possible - Zotero (and I believe Mendeley) will >>>> install CSLs server with the right mime-type - I believe text/x-csl for >>>> Zotero. >>>> Charles - what about Papers? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Bruce D'Arcus <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Great questions! >>>>> >>>>> Two things, which I've said before: >>>>> >>>>> 1) I still think it'd be great for authors to be able to do a >>>>> one-click install from an author instruction page at a journal site. >>>>> >>>>> 2) that at some point, journals should just self-host the styles >>>>> >>>>> Can we really not make both of these possible? >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Sebastian Karcher >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> > Hi everyone, >>>>> > I'm in touch with a rep from Taylor and Francis about getting a >>>>> > Journal/style list similar to what we got from Springer so that we can >>>>> > add >>>>> > their journals to repo (T&F started consolidating their styles about a >>>>> > year >>>>> > ago). >>>>> > I also suggested to them linking to CSL styles in their instructions to >>>>> > authors and she seemed open to that, but asked what to link to. 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