It uses SQLite--Stephen: I'd consider myself a plaintext-whenever-possible sort of dude too; but, SQLite (used in ZOTERO) is a simple/short C program and its (last time I checked) extremely simple--for example there is only "left outer join".
SQLite "databases" are very easy to work with and are often 1 simple, small, very portable file. I was reading some article yesterday: SQLite was ranked #1 in the top ten best/most useful software of all time. I understand your concern; and, often an SQL database is overkill and "NOSQL" seems in vogue right now--but SQLite is something you might really like--you can manipulate SQLite databases easily, like plaintext. I just tried ZOTERO too--very impressive. I'm a lot more used to using BibTeX though--which is purely plaintext; but, BibTeX can be a typing chore! On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 5:14 AM, Stephen Eglen <s.j.eg...@damtp.cam.ac.uk> wrote: > Dear all, > > Thanks for the informative replies. I gave zotero a short-test > yesterday,and in general liked what I found, although as it uses sql > databases, it is moves away from my preference for plain text files to > see everything in. I appreciate that sql may scale better, but I don't > have huge databases. I think I'll continue to watch how the zotero > standalone develops.
