Importing .ris files from my hand-crafted system

Hi,

For a couple of years I have been using my own system, based around .ris files to store files (many are industrial / non-academic and not on Google Scholar).

To save me work, most of the .ris files I craft in minimalist form e.g.

T1 - Document Title
AU - Author
PY - Year
KW - whatever
AB - Abstract


But Zotero does not accept that these are legal (refuses to import). I presume that's because there are insufficient entries i.e. the non-existent Journal etc.

What, then, are the minimum set of .ris entry fields Zotero needs / will accept?

Thanks!
:)
PS - just thought to add "End of record" i.e.
ER -

...no difference; refuses.
  • Do you designate the type of resource? Do you have the proper spacing? The following minimum example creates an empty resource:TY - JOUR
    ER -
  • Hi,

    Now works by adding the TY group!

    No need for ER; EOF by itself is OK. That means I can write a script to prefix all my .ris with a TY group and import the lot!

    Thanks!
    :)
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