On 01/11/2011 11:27 AM, Trevor Jenkins wrote:
On Mon, 10 Jan 2011, Peter von Kaehne<ref...@gmx.net> wrote:
Modules really should have bibtex or something similar in their conf
file. This would improve the use of our library for academic purposes.
I don't understand this.
First, I don't understand why a system's internal file format needs to be
changed to accommodate the whimsey and caprice of a particular group.
There is no BibTeX parser within Sword. If any new format for .conf files
were to be proposed, and I'm not arguing that it should, some XMLisation
would be a better choice.
Second, I don't understand what a "library" (in some sense from above)
having to do with the internal workings of Sword has anything to do with
academic acceptance. Unless you mean that academics ought to be persuaded
to use a Sword module over the equvialent encapsulation from from e-Sword
or Accordance.
We have talked about this a while ago.
I don't recall the discussion. Refresh my memory, please.
I think we reached some sort of agreement that Bibtex entries should be
added to the conf file, though beyond the principle we did not move. Nor
has anyone committed any code.
Are you suggesting that BibTeX entries be embedded within .conf files? In
addition to the existing format of the files?
Regards, Trevor
As a PhD student, I personally think this would be very helpful. Many
different bibliographic database programs can import BibTeX data, so it
makes getting information into programs like Zotero (a Firefox extension
that is the most popular choice among my colleauges) very easy. If the
data is embedded in the conf file, then conf files online are a ready
source of bibliographic data for someone seeking to cite a source in
SWORD. This came home to me when I was preparing a paper for my
application to the PhD program I am now in, and I had to find the
bibliographic information for Aquinas' Summa. It took a bit of effort,
but BibTeX data would have saved me the time and headache. It is yet
another enticement to users to start using SWORD.
Daniel
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