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The idea "should be OK" is not necessarily the reassurance one would like for a mission-critical application Oh dear, why do web forums make people so bad-tempered? I was just pointing out that there are some existing related threads, which you pr…
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I'd be interested in this too. If you search the forums you'll find several threads about general Zotero database size: from memory, the upshot was that a 20 to 30GB database, with tens of thousands of items, should be OK. Presumably since pdfs si…
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bdardus: This isn't a field I've looked into or thought about that much (I had to look up FRBR), so I'm aware that anything I say here might be naive in the face of prior art. The logic of the scheme you've set out is clear enough, but it looks a l…
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One situation that arises a lot now, probably because of the transitional phase we're in, is journal articles that have their primary identity as paper articles, but also have a canonical net reference (eg. doi). So isn't the situation conceptuall…
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Would that still be the case if the book or journal article was distributed solely online and the URL contained its location? Perhaps so, in which case it may be appropriate for the style to determine the Retrieved From line based on the item type,…
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No, they don't have to delete it. They do have to move the content (to a link). That itself might be tedious, but it's at least doable. But I'm still not clear on why it's necessary at all. APA formats for, say, standard books and journal article…
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I'm pretty ignorant about the issues you're talking about here, and accept the point about the limited longevity of distinguishing between non/electronic sources. But isn't the reference-display issue raised by the OP (and reiterated by me) separabl…
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"Retrieved...from" is added when a reference has entries in the URL and Accessed fields. With the default styles, you'd have to remove those values to get them not to show up in generated bibliographies. APA style mandates retrieval information on…
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Dan, AFAIK sybille is right; I doubt there's a generic enough way to call the many different commonly-used file managers in Linux for you to offer specific options. A text input for the command to run plus expandable variables for directory path and…
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While on the topic of pdftotext, there's an odd bit of behaviour with zotero on Linux for me. If I symlink to the pdftotext binary (in my /usr/bin), it doesn't work, and gets the error: "zotero(3): pdftotext-Linux-i686 symlink target not found -- P…
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Thanks for the update, Dan. There's a lot to look forward to in what you've outlined. Best of luck, and make sure it's really good coffee you're drinking.
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I too would like to know if there is any public schedule, even if only aspirational, for release of the server-based aspects of Zotero (web access? sharing?). I'd find it useful for planning and thinking out how I divide my information between Zot…
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Well, I know it can be done, but for me it would make absolutely no sense to duplicate a mass of stuff in two FF profiles (yet another synchronisation nightmare) just to be able to use separate Zotero libraries. Definitely the proverbial sledgehamme…
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If this were easy to do, I'd argue the point further (I think you mischaracterise the use case somewhat). But it hadn't occurred to me that this would be a major change. Given that it is, I can see it probably wouldn't be worth the trouble as worka…
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Yes, please let's keep whatever formatting there is going to be available absolutely as simple as possible. And have it emphasize structure over visual style. Headings, lists, emphasis, quotes and links are all needed. Also, I don't know if anyone…
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I'll chip in a request on this one too. The tagging approach involves an extra step for each item addition, and makes searching messy (always having to add a term to exclude the virtual library you *don't* want to search). I know it's possible to u…
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For example, let's say we allow different types of notes. Let's say I want to type in an excerpt from some book. I type that in a note typed "excerpt". I then want another note to include my commentary on the first one. Simply saying the two are "…
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Technically, I like the idea of isolating notes into typed but structureless items, linked with typed relations of some sort. UI-wise, though, I'd much prefer notes structured with a simple wiki-style markup. Lots of atomic but related notes would b…
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well, with tabs now possible within a note, couldn't you just do this: 1. ... [tab] i. ... [tab][tab] a. ... Yes, that's what I do now. It's OK, but for example if I want to alter the outline level of a section, I have to manually add/remove tabs …
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CB--Can you explain how in your case "related" doesn't work for linking notes to other notes? Do you mean it's "not the same" as wiki-like links from within a note, or something else? I was being a bit vague, sorry. 'Related' works fine in its own…
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I've been trying out using Zotero for notes lately, and I think it's reasonably well-suited for the purpose as it stands, and is only going to get better. The main problem for me is lack of any internal structure, one manifestation of which is…
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I wonder if Freebase might have a role in this?
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ptsefton: is this connected with the USQ's ICE project? I've been keeping a vague eye on ICE, and had wondered if it could be used in concert with Zotero.
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I've tried similar approaches, hand-syncing with CiteULike (using bibtex as an intermediate), and using quick-copy with my own MediaWiki instance. But it's a pain to always remember, and I want access to my notes, not just the bibliographic informat…
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Ah, yes, got it, thanks. That's really handy. It might be better if, when nested collections are collapsed, the superordinate collection icon was also highlighted. This would make sense, particularly for those of us who have extensions.zotero.r…
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So let me get this right: If 'My Library' and an item within are selected, holding down Alt (on a Windows machine) should highlight all the collections that item is in? Hadn't come across that before -- anyway, it doesn't work for me (version…
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There's an existing FAQ on this. It doesn't explicitly mention Opera, but I'm sure the same would apply.
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Andrew, I can't see what would be gained by removing a distinction that some find pragmatically useful at the GUI level. If GUIs had reached the stage where we could take an aspect of the (meta)data model, and improvise a visual metaphor for it base…
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I can see where you're coming from here, as a principled difference between tags and collections isn't obvious to me either. But I use them quite differently, in ways that would be awkward if both weren't available. I use tags as long-lived con…
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I also get the first issue mentioned by drcoxton: ie. newly-added items not showing until I change away from a collection (ie. to a different collection or search), and then change back. The consistent pattern for me is that the item appears instan…