Possible to get a translator for japanfocus.org?

nathan.hopson

http://japanfocus.org/
is an important free, open-source, online journal of Asia-Pacific affairs (full disclosure, I have an article on the site), and it would be great to have a translator for the site. Is this possible?

Should note that because it's an online journal, there's the info on the site (title, author, URL, etc.) and also a "recommended citation" listed, which includes the journal's full name, vol/iss, and date -- but not, interestingly, the URL...

For example:

http://japanfocus.org/-mark-beeson/3008
East Asian Regionalism and the End of the Asia-Pacific: After American Hegemony
Mark Beeson

Recommended citation:

Mark Beeson, “East Asian Regionalism and the End of the Asia-Pacific: After American Hegemony” The Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol. 2-2-09, January 10, 2009.

aurimas

That website is quite messy. Yes, it's technically possible to write a translator that would parse the metadata from that site, but it will take considerable effort. I don't think that any of the usual coders here (myself included) are going to be motivated enough to take up the work.

I would suggest that you contact the website administrator and ask that they provide their metadata in some popular format (e.g. https://www.zotero.org/support/dev/exposing_metadata#using_an_open_standard_for_exposing_metadata or even a simple link to RIS/BibTeX/Endnote metadata). We would still have to write a translator for it, but at least with significantly less effort and much improved reliability. Plus, exposing their metadata would allow other citation managers to import it too.

nathan.hopson

Thank you for the suggestion. I will see what I can do.

adamsmith

exposing metadata would also help other reference managers. E.g. they have a "Save to Mendeley" button at the top, but when you try import actually fails.