On Wednesday 11 January 2006 10:05 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi David and hi to all users of the bibliographic project > snip > > But what if that format is not in the archive for the program i.e. it has > not been predefined? Then, presumably, the user would have to define this > new citation style e.g. > > Authors. Date. Title (in italics). Journal (in bold) vol: pages. > > Perhaps there might be an option where the new style can be made publicly > available i.e. the information is then sent back to Sun where the style is > included as an update and as an addition to the next version of OpenOffice. We do not see the need for waiting for OOo software updates
We seeit working in this way- Citation styles will be defined in Citation Style Language files (CSL). The Bibliographic project will develop the CSL files for several of the most used styles. CSL files will be moderately easy for users to write or modify for their own style requirements. We will maintain a web site where users can upload their CSL files. People needing a different style will be able to browse the style collection and load a new CSL file and use it. (This is how Endnote works now there web site has many hundreds of style definition files for the user to download.) Hopefully this user driven model will remove the need for Bruce and I to spend the rest of lives coding CSL files for obscure journals. regards David > > I'm sure that this feature has been or now will be integrated into the > program. I'm looking forward to working with it. > > Keep up the great work and kind regards > James Mehl > > On 11 Jan 2006 at 10:07, David Wilson wrote: > > I have added three new pages to the wiki > > FAQ > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Bibliographic_FAQ > Hints and Tips > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Bibliographic_Hints_and_Tips > > I have just started and put one entry on each. I invite everyone to add > their own suggestions. > > > I have also moved the 'Bibliographic Software and Standards Information' > page to the wiki as it can be better maintained if users can add to and > update the information themselves. > > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Bibliographic_Software_and_Standar >ds_Information > > > regards > > > David Wlson > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
