Re: [tdf-discuss] Referencing systems and bibliographies in LO

The subject has been raised several times on this list,
notably here; [1] "LibreOffice for Academic Work"
and here; [2] "A Map of Bibliographic systems?"

There are also some questions on AskLibreOffice, such as:
>http://ask.libreoffice.org/question/455/is-there-a-tool-to-manage-bibliography/>.

Don't know of a LO-wiki-page concerning this matter.

Best,
Sveinn í Felli

[1]: 
<http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/msg08733.html>
[2]: 
<http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/msg01556.html>

Þann fös 13.júl 2012 09:15, skrifaði Charles-H.Schulz:
> LJelly,
>
> I don't think this is the right list, but then I'm not sure what list
> you should post on either :-)
> Are you asking a technical/development question, are you proposing a set
> of (future) patches? If yes, I think you should post on our development
> mailing list.
> If you're outlining ideas, perhaps you could edit our wiki?
>
> best,
> Charles.
>
> Le vendredi 13 juillet 2012 à 10:03 +1000, lj a écrit :
> > If this is is in the wrong place please notify immediately of where I can
> > post this in the right spot!
> >
> > Libreoffice, Academics, Developers.
> > Referencing Systems and making a bibliography:
> > Discussion Post on Referencing Systems:
> > Contributing Email = Long Email Post a lot of information to discuss: It
> > took a long time to think of questions and statements that are helpful.
> > I am a high school  student that uses LO. I have never had the need to use
> > the LO OO referencing system extensively in assessments or work since I
> > started using OpenOffice in 2007 on Ubuntu, and recently LO until I tried
> > to use it today just to explore its features and to have a better
> > understanding of referencing systems on LO and Word. It has never occurred
> > to me to use the  bibliographic database system in LO, because i always
> > found the database integration complex. I am familiar with the Libreoffice
> > Openoffice application environments.
> >
> >
> > I have a few questions to ask about bibliographic referencing in
> > Libreoffice: (some of these questions and statements are obvious and easy
> > to answer others may not be relevant.
> > Please reply with reasons and answers for disscussion about the referencing
> > system:
> >
> > Opinionated Statements from my perspective: (these do not have to be
> > answered, as its my opinion.)
> > 1.  The bibliographic referencing system is complex and difficult to use by
> > default. I found it time consuming  to insert citations and a bibliography.
> > 2. little documentation has been made about the bibliographic referencing
> > system in LO. I  read the help documentation and wiki online, and have
> > viewed a youtube video about bibliography referencing in Libreoffice, it is
> > vastly minimal but then is complex to use the referencing system and to
> > follow the direct steps!
> > 3. compatability does not work between Microsoft Office and Libreoffice
> > with the usage of both referencing systems from either word or libreoffice,
> > features are excluded or do not work. (I can ellaborate on these if needed
> > to be posted)
> > 4. Recent versions of Microsoft Office since 2007 have tried to create
> > uncomplex versions of referencing and bibliographic citations. These
> > systems work, but are still limited.
> > 5. LO should create a new referencing system.
> >
> > Questions about referencing in LO: Not in any order.
> >
> > 1.  Does the referencing system in LO take up a lot of space. example: if i
> > removed the bibliographic database and bibliographic referencing systems
> >   in libreoffice would it be smaller as an install and download?
> > 2. Why do Academics and Students use bibliographic systems to reference
> > there work?
> > 3. What is the easiest common method to insert a bibliography in LO?
> > 4.  Why do LO and Microsoft Word use different referencing systems? How can
> > they be more compatible?
> > 5.  Do referencing systems in both LO or Word need to be improved?
> > 6.  Why is it complex to insert a citation and bibliography?
> > 7. Do you agree with my statements why or why not?
> > 8. out of curiosity: how was referencing done in Microsoft Office 2002 2003
> > and earlier versions? does any one know? (brief explanation)
> >
> > These Questions and Statements is to enable discussion on referencing in LO
> > on all platforms and Microsft Word for mac and windows.
> >
> > ljelly.



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