Errors and omissions when exporting items to JSON format.

PeterOts

I am poking around Zotero's JSON export utility for a project. I have noticed a few problems where certain fields aren't being created or data are being incorrectly cast and structured. To whom should I report these, and what would the most effective way to do this?

dstillman

This is the place to report things.

But I'm not sure what you mean by "JSON format". Zotero can export to CSL-JSON, but that's a specific format defined by the CSL project and doesn't include all data.

PeterOts

Thank you so much for your response! I did indeed mean CSL-JSON, because I am interested in accessing the CSL style repository and ultimately being a contributor, perhaps even an asset, to its greater health and further acceptance.

If not all data are included, is there a map or related specification that shows which Zotero outputs correspond to which CSL-JSON inputs? If so and you know it, can you point me to it?

I wish to avoid wasting anyone's time by reporting an error that isn't really an error or an omission that is known as an omission.

Peter

emilianoeheyns

https://github.com/zotero/zotero/blob/master/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/utilities.js#L1453

PeterOts

Thank you so much, emilianoeheyns: the JavaScript file you pointed me to had exactly the things I needed to google and ultimately find this very nicely laid out page that is exactly what I wished to find.
https://aurimasv.github.io/z2csl/typeMap.xml
This page will save me hours of work and prevent me from reporting things that are not errors but are characteristics!