On 10/19/06, Yen-Ju Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 10/19/06, Andreas Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I guess I've finally found an itch to scratch. Today I was thinking how
> nice it would be to have a database to manage all those articles I once
> have printed out for my studies. I once had put something together for
> my professor, but that was in MS Access, and today and for my personal
> needs/taste, I would like to meet some different criteria.
As for biomedical science, I use this:
http://homepage.mac.com/toshihiro_aoyama/iPapers/
You can also find the iPapers2, which is open-source project.
But I do have intention to write my own after all the infrastructure is done.
pKizzy is general one, but I think it is not open-source:
http://www.juno.dti.ne.jp/~kokam/wsc/pkizzy.html
Yen-Ju
>
> Of course, article author, title, source and pages are sine qua non, but
> how about these:
>
> - First, I want to maintain keywords, eventually abstracts for all
> records. (I would prefer not to be bound to a fixed set of keywords.)
> - Second, I want to maintain "clickable" references to local pdf files
> where available.
> - Third, I want the data to blend in nicely with BiBTeX. I guess this is
> the item that needs most thought. Shall I keep a separate database
> (and having seen the recent discussion about AddressKit, would this be
> the place to go?)? Then, how do I keep it in synch with my *.bib file?
> Or should I manipulate the bib-file directly (one way or the other, I
> probably need a bibfile parser, no?)?
>
> But the first question actually is: Do you think this is a suitable
> project for a first-time objective-c newbie? I could imagine that the
> parser stuff, eventually the database backend integration make up for
> some difficulties that a newbie like me should better avoid.
>
> I would be very thankful for any insights. On the other hand, I really
> don't want to raise any expectations -- it's probably going to take some
> time until I even find some time to spend on it. (I should really be
> writing my thesis in a totally non-IT subject.) Plus, I have yet to read
> a _lot_ of documentation, too.
>
> TIA,
> Andreas
>
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