I would say it's worse than that. Plain text isn't a bibliography format, it means "a bunch of characters". How can you recognize and parse that? Filters need some structure, and a way to recognize that structure. And they should also understand that they're not the only suppliers on the world. So I strongly disagree with their "should be" if they don't give a handle on that, their format is simply not identifiable.
Christiaan On 8 Nov 2007, at 10:53 AM, Bertolt Meyer wrote: > Hi all, > > I recently posted regarding troubles I had with importing reference > from WileyInterscience. You told me that the format they use is RIS > and that it lacks the TY field (example here: http://tinyurl.com/ > 2z8swy), therefore BibDesk can't import it. I complained to them about > the missing TY field and below is their final reply. I cannot believe > their stupidity, they obviously do not understand their own format. > They insist that their format is 'plain text' and not RIS. Could you > please confirm back to me once more that Wiley is actually producing > (corrupt) RIS when they speak of plain text before I go and slap their > lousy support? > > Thanks, > Bertolt > > >>> Wiley InterScience only supports citation export in EndNote and >>> Plain Text format. We do not support Citation Export in .ris format >>> >>> As we do not currently support the .ris format for citation export, >>> we do not include the parameters requested by this format. >>> >>> Software vendors of citation management software should be able to >>> supply filters to their customers for importing plain text >>> formatted citations (in the format supplied by Wiley InterScience) >>> into their programs. Please contact your software vendor for >>> support regarding this issue. > > > > > -- > Bertolt Meyer > Oberassistent > Psychologisches Institut Universität Zürich > Sozialpsychologie > Binzmühlestr. 14 / 1, Box 15 > CH-8050 Zürich > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > tel: +41446357282 > fax: +41446357279 > mob: +41788966111 > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
