© F. Dell'Orso, Bibliography Formatting Software: An Evaluation Template
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 3.12. Export

Export

Library Master Procite EndNote Reference Manager Papyrus
LM: yes; besides, printing/saving to disk can be a form of export (TXT, RTF, HTML file formats etc.) Pr: yes; besides, printing/saving to disk can be a form of export (TXT, RTF, HTML file formats with dynamic links) En: yes, it is equal to "printing" as a file (TXT, RTF, HTML static: links are not active); RM: yes, besides, printing/saving to disk can be a form of export (TXT, RTF, HTML, XML file formats with dynamic links) Papyrus: yes, it is equal to "printing"

1 Export formats
   1. delimited: comma, tab, <CR>, other
   2. tagged  (see also: Formatting language ....)
   3. ISO 2709
   4. MARC
   5. proprietary format of other database
   6. XML

LM:
1: delimited, tab; 2 LM's proprietary (or customized via an output style)

can export characters' attributes, lets choose ASCII or ANSI chars set

Pr:
1: yes, can customize number of fields, end of field, end of record, delimiter character if embedded in fields;
2: 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.)
4: no, one should try to set up -from scratch- an ouput style with numeric field tag
En: 
already made (and modifiable) output styles ("Export" category): 1: tab delimited; 2: EndNote tagged (show all fields), Refer (%A), BibTex, Reference Manager-RIS (AU- ), Medline (AU- ); cannot label each keyword on a different line; 4: no, one should try to set up -from scratch- an ouput style with numeric field tag; 5: see 1 tab delimited and 2 tagged; 6 very basic
RM:
1 delimited: comma, tab; 2 RIS (styles -like bold etc.- are preserved), Medlars
4: no, one should try to set up -from scratch- an ouput style with numeric field tag; 6 (XML RM proprietary format)
Papyrus: 
1 (user has to create it); 2 already made: EndNote, RIS, BibTeX (support for character set conflicts);
4: no, one should try to set up -from scratch- an ouput style with numeric field tag;
[5 see 2]

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

LM: 1 all, no choice within standard export formats, any choice via Format and style 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 3 4 RM: 1; no options as far as export is concerned, rather choose Print Papyrus: 1 2 4


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