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Bibliography formatting software: an evaluation template

by Francesco Dell'Orso

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Legend
  • Web resources
  • 1 Identity card
  • 2 Installation
  • 3 General
  • 4 Structure
  • 5 Input/Edit
  • 6 Import
  • 7 Search
  • 8 Thesaurus
  • 9 Output
  • 10 Formatting language
  • 11 Sort
  • 12 Export
  • 13 Manuscript formatting
  • 14 Term/Entry list
  • 15 Documentation


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    F. Dell'Orso, Bibliography Formatting Software: An Evaluation Template
    Last Update: August, 18, 2000

    12 Export
    Pr: yes; printing/saving to disk can be a form of export (TXT, RTF, dynamic HTML file formats) En: yes, it is equal to "printing" (TXT, RTF, static HTML file formats);
    RM: yes Papyrus: yes, it is equal to "printing"
    12.1 Export formats
       1. delimited: comma, tab, <CR>, other

       2. tagged
       3. ISO 2709
       4. MARC
       5. proprietary format of other database
    Pr:
    1: 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 a tagged Refer, BibTex or RM ISI style etc.
    En: 
    1: already made (and modifiable) output styles: tab delimited, ProCite CDF
    2: already made (and modifiable) output styles: EndNote tagged show all fields, EndNote and Refer (%A), BibTex, RM ISI (AU - ), others depending on the style chosen or defined for bibliographies;
    4: no, but one could just "invent" it from scratch;
    5: see 1 delimited and 2 tagged]
    RM: 1 comma, tab; 2 RIS (style is preserved), Medlars Papyrus: 1 (user has to create it); 2 already made: EndNote, RIS, BibTeX (support for character set conflicts); [5 see 2]
    12.2 Fields that can be exported
       1. all
       2. some
       3. RT
       4. RN
    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 Papyrus: 1 2 4

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