Database via www (Internet-Intranet)

3.17. Database via www (Internet-Intranet)

As there are few systems[1] which offer the possibility to make a database available via the www (on the Internet or Intranet) I decided to deal with all of them in one place, also to facilitate comparison (that's why the relevant page for Biblioscape and Bookends is empty and it forwards you here).
Exceptionally I have included a software service (Biblioserver) which is not considered in any other grid of this work because it merely consists of this single procedure.

Database available via www, Internet-Intranet
Reference Manager® ISI ResearchSoft n.b. tested only in Intranet everything is new with respect to v. 10	Biblioscape® CGI Information n.b. tested only in Intranet	Biblioserver® Tarkvarastuudio see at the main web site: Biblioserver (Tartu, Estonia)
1 Generic 1. Remote vs local system (remote means your data is duplicated -converted or not- hosted elsewhere and the software as well) 2. Publishes database for searching, saving/exporting 3. Makes database available also for editing records 4. Data format that can accept
RM: 1 Local, 2, 3, 4 proprietary RM database	Biblioscape: 1. Local, 2 3 4 proprietary Biblioscape database (can also import online, see further on)	Biblioserver: 1. Remote: hosting system (conversion implied); 2 3 4: ProCite, Reference Manager, EndNote
2 Access 1. Can set users' rights 2. Allows users' identity and password 3. Can set IP port (e.g. :80)
RM: first, the database must be open in read/write share access, then, for all databases: 1 read-only or read/write, 2 (only one), 3	Biblioscape: 1 (read-only, read/write, admin) 2 (many) 3 (automatically switches to another if busy); can leave account self-registration (auto-login) to the user; can limit record editing just to its creator	Biblioserver: 1 2
3 Interface 1. Can customize look-feel
RM: 1 (logo, about, text, home address). Also un/select certain fields for display: abstract, notes, custom, links to PDF, URL, full-text ...)	Biblioscape: yes, by changing the *.htm files under the ...\BiblioWeb directory	Biblioserver: 1
4 Input/Edit records 1. Create 2. Delete 3. Duplicate 4. Modify 5. Use term lists
RM: 1 2 4	Biblioscape: 1 2 4 5	Biblioserver 1 2 4
5 Import 3. Data format that can accept
RM: n.a.	Biblioscape: yes, like normal import function (see Import)	Biblioserver: n.a. (see above 1 Generic)
6 Searching 1. Simple 2. Advanced (more fields, boolean operators) 3. Hypertextual (navigating) 4. Term lists browsing 5. Across more databases 6. Marking records
RM: 1 2 3 5 (max 15) 6	Biblioscape: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 Many approaches (see also the generale page on Searching): -Folder (virtual group of records); -Fast searching; -Advanced (multi-fields with boolean operators; -Indexed; -Lookup, i.e. browsing lists; -Glance (queries pre-configured by administrator)	Biblioserver: 1 3 4 5 6
7 Output 1. More views/styles
RM: three views (one short view -or with partial abstract; one full, can set fields via admin mode; one formatted via a style not selected online)	Biblioscape: view one or more records; can use any citation style online; can also hide certain fields just in web publishing;	Biblioserver: view one or more records; two proprietary styles
8 Sort
RM: yes (choice among 3 fields)	Biblioscape: yes (choice among 6 fields)	Biblioserver: yes (choice among 2 fields)
9 Export/Save 1. Data format that can produce
RM: yes; Export: 1: so-called RIS for RM itself or EndNote or ProCite: data doesn't need to be converted, it is in db format, also XML: both proprietary; Save: chosen output style in .html	Biblioscape: yes; 1: Biblioscape Tag File, Refer-Unix, Refer-EndNote, RIS-Reference Manager	Biblioserver: yes: 1: two proprietary styles (same as output)
10 Manuscript formatting
RM: no	Biblioscape: yes (called Format), can handle HTML or RTF files and use any citation style	Biblioserver: no
11 Help (online via www)
RM: yes	Biblioscape: yes	Biblioserver: yes
12 Other
RM: offers unlimited number of concurrent users	Biblioscape: also offers: Discussion Forum management; Tasks management; Three types of licence (number of users r/w: 3; hits: 50,000; concurrent users: 3) and you can switch from one to another; can keep usage log;	Biblioserver: offers multingual interface (English, French, Czech, Eesti); unlimited number of concurrent users; handles special routines for ProCite, for which it was originally conceived

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[1] Others certainly exist, as RefWorks and WriteNote (ISI) but I have not reviewed them.