[odf-discuss] EndNote and ODF (bibliography help - slightly OT)

[Bruce D'Arcus]

Chris,

I'm the co-project lead for the OpenOffice bibliographic project, as
well as a member of the OASIS ODF TC, where I am working on the next
generation metadata support there. One of the core use cases for that
work is citations.

Anyway ...

On 10/17/06, Chris Puttick <cputtick at gmail.com> wrote:

> Needing some help to quell a potential uprising - some of our staff
> with a strong academic background are requesting EndNote; however we
> are committed to moving to OD Format and migrating to
> OpenOffice/StarOffice in the next few months.
>
> Are there any replacements for EndNote that deal with OD Format? Or in
> the pipeline (i.e. available in the next quarter-ish)? Are there any
> translators from EndNote to something more open?

<http://zotero.org>

I've been been collaborating with them on their citation styling
system and RDF data exchange format, so it's a no-brainer that getting
it hooked up to OOo makes a lot of sense.

In general, Endnote sucks (I'm a former user and beta tester). That
users feel tied to it is a testament to how poorly the market has
addressed their needs, but I'm optimistic Zotero + ODF metadata in 1,2
will help change that.

So have them look at Zotero and see if they're excited about that. My
guess is they will be; it's quite well-done. Then help us -- in
whatever way you can -- push forward on integration with ODF editors.

Bruce