On Jul 29, 2007, at 13:38, Bertolt Meyer wrote: > Hi, > >>> I like some aspects of programs/websites such as Connotea (by >>> Nature.com) and Refworks (available via my UW-Madison library) >>> whereby >>> my bib always resides on the web and I can access/share it from >>> anywhere... particularly useful if I am writing a paper on Google >>> Docs >>> and away from my Mac. >> >> I was thinking about that too. I am working on my iMac at home and on >> my iBook at work. To always have an updated library on both computers >> my library resides on my iDisk and I synchronize both computers, >> but I >> think that is rather awkward. To have a mechanism to share libraries >> over the Internet would be perfect. > > Have you tried bibsonomy.org? It basically offers what you are looking > for. You can upload your .bib file and share/manage it over the web > (e.g. http://www.bibsonomy.org/user/bertolt). They also have an API > and > work on a JabRef connection (i.e. JabRef displyas your references on > bibsonomy.org insted of your local .bib). Something similar for > BibDesk > would be really cool I think.
Does JabRef save it directly to the site, or just display it? BibDesk can display content from internet sources (or any kind of URL that OS X recognizes, actually), if it's in a supported text format. I notice they have an RDF feed as well, and that's generally pretty easy to read in BibDesk using a script group. Read-write sharing would require a server and protocol to handle multiple writers and authentication; rolling our own isn't very attractive, so keeping the .bib file on a shared volume such as the iDisk is probably the best solution at this time. The iDisk should also be accessible to latex/bibtex when you're actually working on a document. -- Adam ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
