Re: [Refdb-users] Re: nitpicking (element ordering in risx)

[<Jus...@UL...>]

"Markus Hoenicka" <mar...@mh...> wrote on Mon, 24 Nov
2003 22:35:02 +0100:

> Justus H. Piater writes:
>
>  > Indeed, I am not sure what an input template would provide over and
>  > above psgml-mode. Except: In my local copy of risx.dtd, I made the
>  > citekey and the type #REQUIRED so that psgml-mode prompts for them.
>  >=20
>
> This is not a bad idea for entering data from scratch. However, I
> didn't want to force this upon users because refdbd can create useful
> citekeys if none are provided. Some people may prefer this convenience.

Sure. I did this just for my own convenience, because I prefer to
maintain my cite keys by hand.

>  > - In <libinfo>, why isn't <reprint> optional? Also, the only allowed
>  >   content is <date>, not even #CDATA is permitted. This contradicts
>  >   the RIS specification of the RP field, doesn't it?
> ...
> BTW the RIS spec says the RP field can contain one of three status
> notes, one of which (ON REQUEST) may be followed by a date. This is
> exactly what the reprint element represents: The attribute encodes the
> status, the optional child is the date.

Oops, my bad. I should have checked the attributes :-/

>  > Another issue: I'd like the "master" representation of my references
>  > to be an XML file rather than a data base because that allows me to
>  > choose and change the format as desired. To make this practical, it
>  > would really help if RefDB could optionally identify references by the
>  > citekey instead of by the numeric ID. This would allow me to store
>  > references from different sources in the same RefDB database, and to
>  > update some of them by re-importing manually maintained XML files.
>
> I don't know what you mean by "choosing and changing the format"?

The XML format/DTD/schema/whatever. This would allow me to put in more
information than is supported by any given reference manager. RefDB is
a great tool, but I like my independence :-). I could interoperate
with RefDB by transforming my refs file to risx and back using XSLT.

> But you can of course update references by providing only the
> citekey but no ID. The risx import routine always checks the citekey
> first, then the ID.

Ah, this was the missing link. All is well then.

One more thing: risx does not provide a field for ISBN/ISSN numbers,
does it?

Justus

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