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mkucej / i-librarian-free

I, Librarian - open-source version of a PDF managing SaaS.
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In bibtex export, add an option to include i-librarian tags in the bibtex "keywords" field #83

Open gapost opened 2 years ago

gapost commented 2 years ago

This would be helpful in order to use the bibliographic database in other programs.

In my case, i frequently export the whole database as a bibtex file and import it in Zotero, in order to easily use its "connectors" to Word/LibreOffice (in the rare cases i use these programs). Then I miss my tags there, to help organize the entries.

It may seem that this feature would facilitate someone to go towards the "competition", however i believe that open source programs should foster interoperability and not pose barriers to the users. It will ultimately be a plus for I-Librarian.

mkucej commented 2 years ago

Then I miss my tags there, to help organize the entries.

Will mixing tags with standard keywords become a problem? Is there any other Bibtex tag we could use?

It may seem that this feature would facilitate someone to go towards the "competition"

Our customers are free to leave to competition. If they do, it's only our fault.

gapost commented 2 years ago

Will mixing tags with standard keywords become a problem? Is there any other Bibtex tag we could use?

Yes, maybe this would be a problem for some users.

I would suggest something like:

  1. By default, export the I-Librarian tags in a new bibtex field (e.g. "tags")
  2. Put an on/off option under "Global settings" that says "Export I-Librarian tags as keywords in BibTeX"