extract bibliographic data from any site

Alberto
The problem with Zotero is that automatically work with "supported sites", but if it doesn't work I must wait that you add my site.
Feature that I request: an interface to create a "plug in" with the current site, so that Zotero works without any problem. How to do this? I've seen an extension "solvent" (http://simile.mit.edu/wiki/Solvent) that you reccomends; can you integrate that extension in Zotero to extract bibliographic from any web page? Another suggestion: the extension "scrapbook" (http://amb.vis.ne.jp/mozilla/scrapbook/index.php?lang=en) can modify a page (it is called "DOM eraser"); you can use that to extract bibliographic data.
I hope my suggestions can help you.

Regards,
Alberto
  • sean
    Zotero uses the concepts employed by Solvent for its site translation (and in fact we use Solvent to help write our translators). Unfortunately, problem of extracting bibliographic data is non-trivial, especially since so many libraries and databases use custom or customized cataloguing solutions. The short answer is that there is no "universal" solution to this problem.

    We plan to make our translator repository more open and flexible, but that doesn't mean that you have to wait for us to write a translator for you. If you're interested in learning how to write a translator, please consult our developer documentation at http://dev.zotero.org. Thanks for your interest in Zotero.
  • Alberto
    What I want to suggest is not a automatic universal extraction, but an interactive interface. In this way any user can extract information from his preferred site. Something that allow, through the mouse, to highlight the title, the author and other information, and save them in Zotero. This idea came from the screencast of Solvent (http://simile.mit.edu/solvent/screencasts/solvent_screencast.swf) and that of Scrapbook (http://amb.vis.ne.jp/mozilla/scrapbook/screen/demo/EditBeforeCapture.html); you must see these screencasts only to notice the "highlighting feature with the mouse" that I've writeen above.
    Thanks for the reply.

    Regards,
    Alberto

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