OSS alternative to EndNote?

BHD · 05-20-2004, 01:28 PM

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Originally posted by Samsara
What I propose may turn out to be a reasonably trivial extension to refdb:

http://refdb.sourceforge.net

Yes, i think you're right. You might also look at:

http://bibliographic.openoffice.org

Campitor · 09-27-2004, 04:01 PM

I just want to add to a previous post in this thread...JabRef is really wonderful. And the people in charge are willing to add features. I believe that it is easier to work on a project that is already running, than create a new thing all together. I´ve been using JabRef (jabref.sourceforge.net)for over a year now, and it is wonderful. Additionally, it interfaces with PubMEd...which means that it may be modified to interact with other Databases. Finally, it is based on java, which means that it is platform independent.

Camp

BHD · 09-27-2004, 04:27 PM

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Originally posted by Campitor
I just want to add to a previous post in this thread...JabRef is really wonderful. And the people in charge are willing to add features. I believe that it is easier to work on a project that is already running, than create a new thing all together.

From the website, it seems JabRef is just another bibtex GUI. How is that "wonderful"?

The original poster asked about an OSS alternative to Endnote, which not only stores references, but also integrates with word-processors to format citations and bibliographies. That's far more than an application like JabRef does. If JabRef was reworked to interface with something like RefDB, and RefDB reworked to interface with Word/OpenOffice/KWord, etc., then that might be an alternative.

jdrogers · 10-18-2004, 10:46 PM

I think bibtex may be pretty wonderful in and of itself, but the real missing piece is having something that allows docs to be portable between linux and msword. I personally hate going there, but since so many others (coauthors, advisors, etc) use it, I am almost forced to. OOo is great for simple docs, but as soon as you want bibs and such, it gets messy.

Question: are there any of teh above mentioned bibliography/database type apps capable of working with word?

BHD · 10-19-2004, 05:58 AM

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Originally posted by jdrogers
I think bibtex may be pretty wonderful in and of itself, but the real missing piece is having something that allows docs to be portable between linux and msword. I personally hate going there, but since so many others (coauthors, advisors, etc) use it, I am almost forced to. OOo is great for simple docs, but as soon as you want bibs and such, it gets messy.

Question: are there any of teh above mentioned bibliography/database type apps capable of working with word?

The problem is that for true interoperability with respect to documents and bibs, you really need things coded cleanly in the file format internally. I think the biggest promise there is in the move towards XML.

The OASIS OpenOffice TC (the group responsible for the file format) recently approved adding support for a new citation schema. The really interesting thing is, the same code could be embedded in WordML, which opens the door to the sort of interoperability you want.