Bibtex as well as SQLite as the database

tim2p
It would be great if there were an option to have references stored in individual bibtex files, rather than in an SQLite database. Coupled with the ability to choose which directory references got saved to, I would then be able to save them to a webdav-mounted directory, which would show up in my website*.

More generally, a flexible/pluggable database layer would make integration with remote storage and websites far easier.

* I'm running Plone (http://plone.org/) and CMFBibliographyAT (http://plone.org/products/cmfbibliographyat/)
  • dstillman
    edited March 10, 2007
    SQLite isn't just a simple data store--Zotero makes heavy use of relational logic and advanced SQL features. In other words, changing the storage format (or creating a pluggable database layer) isn't the solution here.

    However, creating a Zotero add-on (currently called a Zotero "utility," though that term will likely change) to keep a BibTeX file in sync with the Zotero database would be fairly simple.

    See:

    http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/408/
    http://dev.zotero.org/docs/sample_utility

    Note that there's also a new feature coming up in the next beta version that lets you press a keystroke to copy citations for selected items to the clipboard, and this feature will be extended to work with export formats like BibTeX as well.
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