> We can and should definitely lobby for > fewer styles - but realistically I wouldn't expect much to > change on this front in the medium term.
I don't think it is so much a matter of "lobbying" as maximizing the convenience to librarians, departments or whoever else makes the decisions of picking an existing style. But yes, I take your point. On 19 May 2014 17:25, Rintze Zelle <rintze.ze...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Sebastian Karcher > <karc...@u.northwestern.edu> wrote: >>> but instead can just copy and paste some references that already exist in >>> the desired format, and have the tool show CSL styles that give similar >>> output. >> >> I talked to Steve about this back when he wrote the tool - I suggested >> at a more basic level to allow using items supplied via citation data >> supplied as CSL-JSON or RIS, but the main bottleneck isn't actually >> getting the data in (the task that Sylvester's tool would make very >> simple). The problem is that it takes a significant time (5-10mins?) >> to generate citations in all styles for new data and those new >> citations are needed to generate the set of closest matches. >> It may still be possible to use a similar approach to do this, >> especially if Sylvester's tool could be extended to more quickly >> identify similar styles, but that's going to be a lot more advanced >> than simply plugging it into the existing CSL editor, unfortunately. > > I'm wondering how citeproc-ruby, citeproc-js, and citeproc-hs compare, > performance wise. And even if a user needs to wait a few minutes, that > might still be a better experience than the current setup. > > Rintze > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE > Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. > Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available > Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." > http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs > _______________________________________________ > xbiblio-devel mailing list > xbiblio-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xbiblio-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs _______________________________________________ xbiblio-devel mailing list xbiblio-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xbiblio-devel
