updating item metadata using identifier (DOI, ISBN, etc.)
It often happens to me that the metadata of an item is not entirely correct but I would have the DOI or ISBN to update with the correct metadata: e.g., a publication that I've added at the time when it was still in preprint stage (when no DOI was available) which has finally been published (for which the DOI is finally available together with the full metadata).
Is there a way to update (parts of) an items metadata using the "magic wand" button (i.e., identifiers such as DOI, ISBN, etc.)?
Currently I always add a new item, move the PDF to the new item and delete the old item. However, this is especially laborious if I have some additional metadata (e.g. tags) associated to the original metadata which I then have to "move" manually.
My feature request would be a button/command that let's you update (parts of) an items metadata using an identifier such as a DOI.
Not sure this is exactly on the same topic but here I have read that "metadata updating is planned": https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/comment/365784#Comment_365784
Is there a way to update (parts of) an items metadata using the "magic wand" button (i.e., identifiers such as DOI, ISBN, etc.)?
Currently I always add a new item, move the PDF to the new item and delete the old item. However, this is especially laborious if I have some additional metadata (e.g. tags) associated to the original metadata which I then have to "move" manually.
My feature request would be a button/command that let's you update (parts of) an items metadata using an identifier such as a DOI.
Not sure this is exactly on the same topic but here I have read that "metadata updating is planned": https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/comment/365784#Comment_365784
Yes, merging is actually what I usually do...just didn't explain it properly.
We've implemented a much more rigorous version of metadata updating, and we're hoping to roll it out soon, after some separate changes to Zotero's types and fields.
For now, as noted above, you can paste a DOI into Add Item by Identifier and then merge the two items.
As per dstillman, this is reasonably close (as in, relevant code already exists), but that could be anything from available in beta next week to some time next year.
https://github.com/RoadToDream/ZotMeta