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© F. Dell'Orso, Bibliography Formatting Software: An Evaluation Template
Last update: October, 30, 2001
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

12 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, static -links are not hot- HTML file formats); RM: yes, besides, printing/saving to disk can be a form of export (TXT, RTF, HTML file formats with dynamic links) 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

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 a tagged Refer, BibTex or RM ISI style etc.
4: no, but one can set, from scratch, an ouput style with numeric field tag numbers;
En: 
1: already made (and modifiable) output styles (under "export" category): tab delimited, ProCite CDF
2: already made (and modifiable) output styles (under "export" category): EndNote tagged (show all fields), Refer (%A), BibTex, RM-ISI (AU - ), Medline (it is not able to label each occurrence of a repeatable field --i.e. names and keywords);
4: no, but one can set, from scratch, an ouput style with numeric field tag numbers;
5: see 1 delimited and 2 tagged]
RM:
1 delimites comma, tab; 2
RIS (style is preserved), Medlars
4: no, but one can set, from scratch, an ouput style with numeric field tag numbers;
Papyrus: 
1 (user has to create it); 2 already made: EndNote, RIS, BibTeX (support for character set conflicts);
4: no, but one can set, from scratch, an ouput style with numeric field tag numbers;
[5 see 2]

12.2 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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