Comments on: Creating an Endnote(/BibTeX)-Killer http://community.muohio.edu/blogs/darcusb/archives/2004/01/20/creating-an-endnotebibtex-killer geek tools and the scholar Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:34:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: art http://community.muohio.edu/blogs/darcusb/archives/2004/01/20/creating-an-endnotebibtex-killer/comment-page-1#comment-33 art Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=38#comment-33 <p>Thanks, I had forgot about Chandler. I think the key is XML, there are tools like JAFER which fit well within an XML framework to provide the extra functions like Z39.50. Cocoon can be a great backend to OpenOffice, and has components for transforming XML content to everything from calendar formats to images. But the data model is a big piece of the puzzle, and I am wondering if some combination of DocBook and MODS provide enough metadata muscle for citations.</p> Thanks, I had forgot about Chandler. I think the key is XML, there are tools like JAFER which fit well within an XML framework to provide the extra functions like Z39.50. Cocoon can be a great backend to OpenOffice, and has components for transforming XML content to everything from calendar formats to images. But the data model is a big piece of the puzzle, and I am wondering if some combination of DocBook and MODS provide enough metadata muscle for citations.

]]> By: Bruce http://community.muohio.edu/blogs/darcusb/archives/2004/01/20/creating-an-endnotebibtex-killer/comment-page-1#comment-34 Bruce Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=38#comment-34 <p>Hmm ... Cocoon + OpenOffice? How would you see that working? As an option for the bibliographic project to explore, or as an alternative for workgroup settings?</p> <p>The addition of the new biblioref element to DocBook adds the missing piece of the document puzzle. With respect to bibliographic metadata, MODS is certainly rich enough for my needs. I just need some XSLT tools to actually transform them into something useful! This is why bibliofile/x is important. The idea ultimately is that a user could optionally (perhaps with a parameter option) use it with default DocBook stylesheets. Norm Walsh has joined the development list, so maybe there's some hope there. The style spec for the processor is still too much influenced by BibTeX for tastes though...</p> Hmm … Cocoon + OpenOffice? How would you see that working? As an option for the bibliographic project to explore, or as an alternative for workgroup settings?

The addition of the new biblioref element to DocBook adds the missing piece of the document puzzle. With respect to bibliographic metadata, MODS is certainly rich enough for my needs. I just need some XSLT tools to actually transform them into something useful! This is why bibliofile/x is important. The idea ultimately is that a user could optionally (perhaps with a parameter option) use it with default DocBook stylesheets. Norm Walsh has joined the development list, so maybe there’s some hope there. The style spec for the processor is still too much influenced by BibTeX for tastes though…

]]> By: art http://community.muohio.edu/blogs/darcusb/archives/2004/01/20/creating-an-endnotebibtex-killer/comment-page-1#comment-35 art Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=38#comment-35 <p>Cocoon would allow storing OpenOffice content on a server in a way that the content could easily be re-purposed. For example, you could create citations in OpenOffice, and make them available in PDF, SVG, RTF, and a slew of other formats. Or at least it seems possible, there are projects that use Cocoon on the back end with OpenOffice but so far the only application I have used in this manner is Mozilla's calendar. Ideally, I would like to feed Mozilla's calendar and bookmarks, other browser bookmarks and OpenOffice into Cocoon as XML streams.</p> Cocoon would allow storing OpenOffice content on a server in a way that the content could easily be re-purposed. For example, you could create citations in OpenOffice, and make them available in PDF, SVG, RTF, and a slew of other formats. Or at least it seems possible, there are projects that use Cocoon on the back end with OpenOffice but so far the only application I have used in this manner is Mozilla’s calendar. Ideally, I would like to feed Mozilla’s calendar and bookmarks, other browser bookmarks and OpenOffice into Cocoon as XML streams.

]]> By: Hatta http://community.muohio.edu/blogs/darcusb/archives/2004/01/20/creating-an-endnotebibtex-killer/comment-page-1#comment-36 Hatta Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=38#comment-36 <p>What's wrong with bibtex?</p> What’s wrong with bibtex?

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