[Refdb-users] risx output problems

[Bruce D'A. <da...@mu...>]

I just exported my DB as risx, and ran into problems.

Problem 1: characters like & are not converted, despite the fact that=20
the entity is defined.

Problem 2 (and bigger): I'm losing some data too. This input:

TY  - NEWS
ID  - Comm1968a
T2  - Commonweal
T1  - Jailing Hayden?
N1  - cited in Dee (1990) @104:
=93the government is about to crack down on the New Left by singling Tom=20=

Hayden out for arrest.  The FBI has been scouring the country for=20
evidence to indict Hayden under the infamous =91Rap Brown=92 =
law=97crossing=20
state lines to incite to riot.=94 @393
PY  - 1968/12/20/
ER  -

Yields this output in risx, and an error from the xml parser (note=20
dropped publication element):

<entry type=3D"NEWS" id=3D"9" citekey=3D"Comm1968a">
   <part>
     <title>Jailing Hayden?</title>
   </part>
   <libinfo user=3D"darcusb">
     <notes>cited in Dee (1990) @104:\n=93the government is about to =
crack=20
down on the New Left by singling Tom Hayden out for arrest.  The FBI=20
has been scouring the country for evidence to indict Hayden under the=20
infamous =91Rap Brown=92 law=97crossing state lines to incite to riot.=94=20=

@393</notes>
     <reprint status=3D"NOTINFILE"/>
   </libinfo>
</entry>

I have at 10 records that are screwed up enough to yield a parser=20
error.  Here's another:

TY  - CASE
ID  - USvDellinger1968
PY  - 1968
T1  - United States v. David T. Dellinger et al
T2  - U.S. v. Dellinger
T3  - appeal
KW  - anti-riot
ER  -

...gets:

<entry type=3D"CASE" id=3D"15" citekey=3D"USvDellinger1968">
   <set>
     <title type=3D"gen">appeal</title>
   </set>
   <libinfo user=3D"darcusb">
     <reprint status=3D"NOTINFILE"/>
   </libinfo>
   <contents>
     <keyword>anti-riot</keyword>
   </contents>
</entry>

Also, for some reason I am getting a unicode error from the parser with=20=

this string:

<publisher>Routledge=1D</publisher>

I am also getting parser errors about an incorrect reference type of=20
HEAR.  Looking at the refdb docs, I realize there is no such reference=20=

type.  However, if I look here, RefMan itself (at least v10) does=20
support this reference type.

http://www.refman.com/support/risformat_reftypes.asp

I *really* need this, ASAP in the DTD (in case I need to transform the=20=

data), and soon after in refdb itself.

Finally, going back to previous discussions, don't we need a "note" or=20=

"annotation" DTD now?  It's quite awkward to have the "\n" characters=20
in the output, so we obviously need a paragraph element.  I'd opt for=20
these as well at minimum: quote, blockquote, emphasis, and perhaps a=20
generic span.  Also, I'd like attributes on all of these for citation=20
IDREFs, pages, etc.

Bruce=