On Oct 18, 2007, at 06:14, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > Just curious (as I'm not intending to work on this either). But what > exactly would be needed to be done for integration with Mellel? I > personally think that most of the required hard work (i.e. everything > that requires detailed knowledge of Mellel's proprietary file format) > would be the responsibility of Mellel, not a reference manager. Also > as they already support different citation managers, and it's stupid > to let each one redo that job. While the Mellel developers kbnow > thier format, so with their existing code that job would be > infinitely easier. From that POV, I would say BibDesk already has > almost all that is needed.
From their response to me (below) and my vague recollection, I gather that BibDesk is responsible for accepting a list of temp citations (correspond loosely to cite keys), then producing a formatted bibliography as RTF that is passed back via Apple Events. If they used a DO API, I'd have done this for fun...but the Apple Event stuff is hairy. >> I guess my most basic question is this: what information would >> Mellel provide to BibDesk, and what does it expect in return? > > The usual workflow is this: > a. The user inserts citations by going to the bibliography > application, finding the citations and then dragging them or > pressing a button (depending on the bibliography application). The > inserted citations are called "temp citations" and are usually > formatted for the convenience of the bibliography database > (containing a unique ID, full details etc) > b. When the user wants to produce the final manuscript, he presses > the scan button and the following happens (communication is done via > Apple Events) > 1. Mellel scans the document and collects the "temp > citations" (unformatted citations) > 2. Mellel passes these to the bibliography application > 3. The bibliography application formats the citations and generates > the bibliography and passes them back to Mellel > 4. Mellel integrates the new citations+bibliography in the document. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
