3.11. Sort
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| Biblioscape | Bookends (Mac) | Library Master | Procite | EndNote | Reference Manager | Papyrus (Mac) | |
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1 Scope
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| Bscp: 1 2 | BK: 1 2 | LM: 1; 2; 1 and 2 are different but can overlap | Pr: 1; 2; 1 and 2 are different but can overlap | En: 1: one criterium by default that can be altered; 2 sort the db (or a subset) to export or print (sort specifications within the style will not be used); each citation style has got its sort orders for the bibliograpic list and manuscript in-text citations; subject bibliography can use sort orders and styles on the fly | RM: 1 this is the criterium used for the report output as well; 2 wp manuscript bibliography list and in-text citations have their own sort order
(e.g. bibliography list only supports Citation order and Author/Date) |
Papyrus : 1 (limited: RN or author) or Group of records; 2: Group of records | |
2 Basic sort criterium for characters:
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| Bscp: 1 | BK: 1 | LM: 1; can ignore case and accents and leading words as defined in a customizable list; call numbers -Dewey and LC classification- have special sorting; numbers are tretaed as numbers, not text | Pr: 1; 2 internal regional tables
Leading punctuation is always ignored. Apart from Dates and Call Number digits are still letters. 2 non-filing strings lists available see below Changing sort criterium / table, requires database rebuild; LC Call/Classification and Dewey numbers are taken into account and sorted before digits and letters; Dates are converted into an internal format and sorted consequently |
En: 1 Windows active table for output list. Leading blanks and punctuation are ignored for titles, otherwise punctuation marks are considered; author sort will consider all the authors in the field or just the first surname according to the choice; two non-filing strings lists available (see below); internal regional tables can be chosen to handle diacritics differently | RM: 1; 2 internal regional tables; can also set "Character set sort " where letters with diacritics are sorted at the end
Leading punctuation and articles are never ignored. Digits are still mixed with letters apart from Dates and RN where they have numeric value |
Papyrus: 1; 3: special provision for vowels with umlaut + names with different display form can have same sort form; leading punctuation and English, French, German articles are ignored | |
3 Sort keys on different levels | |||||||
| Bscp: built-in criteria on 2 or 3 levels | BK: 3 (on any field A/D) | LM: yes, up to 5 levels (each A/D) | Pr: yes, 2 or 3 levels, 6 levels (each A/D) for custom sort order | En: yes, 5 levels (each A/D) for db list sort, each output style has got its sort order based on 5 predefined and composite criteria + 1 custom (in which: 5 levels, each A/D) + 1 option edited after original works | RM: yes 3 levels (each one A/D) on any field | Papyrus : yes, any field -on n levels- under user's control; descending order only for year | |
4 How to sort the database |
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| Bscp: click on column bar of short record list when secondary index for the field is provided (can customize) | BK: ad hoc command ("Refs" --> Sort all references) | LM:
- default sort order (that can be used also for the short record list) is based either on a sort file or on up to five levels - in the short record list : pull down menu option or mouse click on an indexed field (descending order not available); - to sort on the fly the whole database on non indexed fields, mouse click on the short record list field name you get a temporary different sort order (sorted snapshot), where descending order is available by re-clicking the name bar |
Pr:
Pull down menu option with 7 + 1 custom order (up to 6 levels A/D) or mouse click on the short record list field name bar to sort (A/D and more options are available) |
En:
Pull down menu option or mouse click on the short record list field name, can sort A/D |
RM:
Setting permanent option (Change Database Sort Order) or mouse click on the short record list field name bar to sort temporarily |
Papyrus:
button choice on the database main window (All References) | |
5 How to sort for printing |
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| Bscp: bibliography sort order is included in each style (5 options available); output reports have their own sort sequence | BK: ad hoc command ("Hits" --> Sort Hits List) | LM: sort order file to be connected with style files | Pr: ready made options from pull down menu | En: sort selected records or the whole db (the active style is not taken into account) to export; the sort specifications within the style will only be used for manuscript's in-text citations and bibliography list | RM: from the database reference list it uses the sort order of the selected list of records; for the manuscript bibliography list and in-text citations it uses the style's specifications that can also be altered on the fly from within the CWYW function (see 13 Manuscript formatting) | Papyrus: within the style | |
6 Database sort is kept over sessions | |||||||
| Bscp: yes | BK: yes | LM: yes, but not the clicking on the bar-one (sorted snapshot) | Pr: yes | En: yes | RM: yes, but not the temporary --clicking on the bar-- one | Papyrus: yes | |
7 Can alter the sort value of a string | |||||||
| Bscp: no | BK: no | LM: no, can only ignore leading stopwords (1 list; punctuation marks cannot be ignored: bad titles sort) | Pr: no, only leading stopwords (2 lists : authors, generic) | En: no, only leading non-filing strings (2 lists: authors, titles, see below) | RM: no, (stopwords not available: bad titles sort) | Papyrus: yes for names that can individually have their sort value + ñ = oe et sim.; built-in stopwords for leading English, French, German articles are out of reach | |
8 Ignore initial articles and punctuation marks (non-filing strings) | |||||||
| Bscp: no | BK: no | LM: articles and words yes, thanks to a customizable list; leading punctuation marks are anyhow retained and confound the sorting
Stopword in beginning position can be preserved if followed by hard space (Ctrl-Space) | Pr: yes, thanks to customizable stopword files: two lists belonging to each database: 1 general (corporate names included) 2 personal authors
Stopwords cannot be disactivated: must be emptied. Stopword in beginning position can be preserved if followed by hard space (Ctrl-Shift-space) |
En: leading punctuation always excluded + two customizable stopword files belonging to each database: 1 authors (case sensitive and corporate names included); 2 titles
Stopwords cannot be disactivated: must be emptied |
RM: no (does not have sort stopwords list) | Papyrus: built-in list of leading English, French, German articles that are automatically skipped; also leading punctuation marks are skipped | |
9 Other: varia | |||||||
| Bscp: sorting is case sensitive in any item list (lookup term lists: thus "berlusconi" is sorted after "Zapatero"), sorting is case insensitive only in the main brief record list.
But user can choose to use case-sensitive or case-insensitive by click the right mouse button |
BK: n.a. | LM: sort files or default pattern can set also: use of non-indexed fields, A/D order, sort according to RT, ignore leading words, ignore case and accents, replace first field if empty with another field or text | Pr: Custom sort lets also choose between: empty fields first or last; all authors or only first; full name vs surname; full date vs year | En: special provisions for anonymous works and for edited works sorted after original works by the same author | RM: can sort kw within the kw field | Papyrus: as noted, names may have 2 forms: display and sort, e.g. de Durfort, Béatrice can be sorted as Durfort, Béatrice | |
** Other features that could be taken into account:
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10 Sort can produce headings above sorted records (so-called : "subject bibliography", i.e. indexed/headed report list) | ||||||
| Biblioscape | Bookends | Library Master | Procite | EndNote | Reference Manager | Papyrus (Mac) |
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| Bscp: yes | BK: no | LM: yes, also headings only, without records | Pr: yes, also headings only, without records (alphabetic sort) | En: yes,
a) alphabetic sort A/D, b) on the basis of occurrences (Term count) A/D |
RM: yes,
a) alphabetic A/D sort, b) on the basis of occurrences (Term count) A/D |
Papyrus: yes, also headings only, without records |
10.1 Sort keys are another item from headings (i.e. sort on A, display B), so that they can match or be different | ||||||
| Bscp: yes, it can be the heading itself or sort by number of occurrences (count) | n.a. | LM: yes | Pr: no, they are just the same thing | En: no, they are just the same thing | RM: no, they are just the same thing | Papyrus: no --apart from names, see above-- they are just the same thing |
10.2 Headings do not need to be displayed within records | ||||||
| Bscp: yes, they do not | BK: n.a. | LM: yes, they do not | Pr: yes, they do not | En: yes, they do not | RM: yes, they do not | Papyrus: yes, they do not |
10.3 More than one level of sort key as headings | ||||||
| Bscp: no, only one level | BK: n.a. | LM: no, only one, though headings can come from n fields at once
the producer -Balboa Software- clarifies that two levels headings are possible [quoting] "Using a 'field different' conditional command in the Format File to display the second sort field at the top of a group of records. This works best on a non-list field for the second sort field". So you could create a subject bibliography with records grouped under each subject by author or date" |
Pr: no, only one, though headings can come from n fields at once (e.g. mixed sorting by subject and classes) | En: no, only one, though headings can come from n fields at once (e.g. mixed sorting by subject and classification numbers) | RM: no, only one, though headings can come from n fields at once (e.g. mixed sorting by subject and classification numbers) | Papyrus: no, only one, from just one field |
10.4 Sort of records under the same sort key | ||||||
| Bscp: uses database general sort order, ascending or descending | BK: n.a. | LM: ruled by any specified print sort file | Pr: ruled by the print sort order | En: ruled by the print sort order belonging to each output style: can be altered on the fly | RM: uses the database general sort order | Papyrus: authors; year; RN or RefID |
10.5 Sort occurrences of a repeatable field as headings
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| Bscp: all together for most fields, for Authors and Keywords field, individual
author and keyword is listed as heading |
BK: n.a. | LM: 1; 2
(use the "field different" conditional command in the Format File) |
Pr: 1; 2 names kw and any entry separated by //, /, <CR>, <Line Feed> | En: 1; 2 names kw and any other entry separated by //, /, <CR>, <Line Feed> | RM: 1; 2 names kw, and any other entry separated by //, /, <CR>, <Line Feed> | Papyrus: 2; if headings come from a word-by-word indexed field, headings will be single words and not the whole field |
10.6 Records are referenced more than once by different sort headings | ||||||
| Bscp: yes, records are fully printed each time (no "light indexes" with cross
references) |
BK: n.a. | LM: yes, records are fully printed each time (no "light indexes" with cross references) | Pr: yes, records are fully printed each time (no "light indexes" with cross references) | En: yes, records are fully printed each time (no "light indexes" with cross references) | RM: yes, records are fully printed each time (no "light indexes" with cross references) | Papyrus: yes, records are fully printed each time (no "light indexes" with cross references) |
10.7 Sort headings can be formatted | ||||||
| Bscp: always in bold | BK: n.a. | LM: yes, bold, underline, italics, capitalization, super/sub-script | Pr: yes, bold, underline, italics, uppercase | En: yes, bold, underline, italics, uppercase | RM: yes, bold, underline, italics, uppercase | Papyrus: no (always bold) |
10.8 Can produce indexes referencing records in the database by a short element (e.g. RN) | ||||||
| Bscp: yes | BK: n.a. | LM: yes | Pr: yes | En: yes | RM: yes | Papyrus: yes (also single words, if from field indexed in free-text or title mode) |
