3. Comparison Grid
          3.5. Output
 3.5.4. Export 

Export

Bibus EndNoteWeb RefWorks (web based) Procite EndNote Reference Manager
Export Export  Export  Export  Export  Export 

1 Export formats
   1. delimited: comma, tab, <CR>, other
   2. tagged built-in  
      2.1 tagged  produced via a custom ouput style (see also: Formatting language ....)
   3. ISO 2709
   4. MARC 
   5. proprietary format of other database (can also be a tagged or a delimited format, see 2-2.1)
   6. XML
   7. other

Export formats 1 2 2.1 3 4 5 6 7
Bibus x x
EndNote WEB x x
RefWorks x x x x x
Procite x x
EndNote x x x x x
Reference Manager x x x
Bibus : 2

(7: SQLite, HTML, BibTeX, RIS, PubMed, Refer)

EW: 1: tabbed 2: RIS, Medlars, Refer, EndNote, BibTex ... 7: can directly e-mail or print the result RW: 1 tab; 2; 2.1; 5; 6 Pr: 1: yes, can customize number of fields, end of field, end of record, delimiter character if embedded in fields;
2.1: implies choosing or defining a style for bibliographies (this way one can set up virtually any tagged format: custom, Refer, BibTex or RM ISI style etc.)

En: already made and modifiable output styles ("Export" category):
1: tab delimited (no CSV/CDF: comma delimited);
2: EndNote tagged (show all fields, %A), Refer (%A), BibTex (   `Author), Reference Manager-RIS (AU- ), Medline (AU- );
2.1 yes but cannot label each keyword on a different line;
5: see 1 tab delimited and 2 tagged;
6 DTD can be found in ..\EndNote X3\XML Support;
7: sort of exported records belongs to chosen output style and can be modified
N.B.  since it exports data using Unicode (UTF-8) encoding, files can only be read by a program that understands Unicode; otherwise open it via a Unicode-compliant application and save data as a plain ANSI/ASCII text

RM: 1 delimited: comma, tab; 2 RIS (styles -like bold etc.- are preserved), Medlars; 6 (XML RM proprietary format)

2 Fields that can be exported
   1. all
   2. some
   3. RT
   4. RN

Bibus: 1 (no choice); 3 EW: 1, 3 RW: 1 2 (some: only to the extent that you use an output style to export with selected fields) 3 4 Pr: as tab or delimited format : 1 2 3 4 options: a) all 45 fields b) all fields used in the involved workforms c) just those selected on the fly + workform description;
as tagged format: 1 2 3
En: 1, 2 (some: only to the extent that you use an output style to export with selected fields), 3, 4 RM: 1; no options to select only certain fields as far as export is concerned, rather choose Print and use an output style to export with selected fields
Keywords:  Comma delimited file ; Delimited format ; DTD (Document Type Definition, XML) ; Export ; HTML ; ISO 2709 ; MARC ; RTF ; Tab delimited file ; Tagged format ; Unicode ; XML

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